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sagmen

sagmen · n

the tuft of sacred herbs plucked within the citadel by the consul

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1. sagmen — Lewis & Short

sagmen, ĭnis, n.root sag, to fill, feed; cf. Gr. sesagme/nos, sa/ttw; Lat. sagina,

I the tuft of sacred herbs plucked within the citadel by the consul or prœtor, by bearing which the persons of the Roman fetiales and ambassadors became inviolable: sunt sagmina quaedam herbae, quas legati populi Romani ferre solebant, ne quis eos violaret, sicuti legati Graecorum ferunt ea, quae vocantur cerycia, Dig. 1, 8, 8; cf. Fest. p. 320 Müll.; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 321 ib.; Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5; Liv. 1, 24; 30, 43.

2. sagmen — Walde–Hofmann

sagmen, -inis n. „der heiligende, auf der Burg gepflückte und die Fetialen auf der Gesandtschaft unverletzlich machende Grasbüschel* (Liv.): zu sacer, sanció (Vanidek 289); g vor m aus c wie in segmen; Suff. nach gramen? Vgl. samentum. — Walde-P. II 448. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. sagmen, p. 1370]

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sagmen (scan p. 613; entry #10041).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. sagmen (scan p. 1370; entry #2374).

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