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sāgus

sāgus · adj

presaging

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What it meant

1. sāgus — Lewis & Short

sāgus, a, um, adj.v. sagio; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65; Paul. ex Fest. p. 255 Müll.,

I presaging, predicting, prophetic (as adj., only post-Aug.): aves, Stat. Achill. 1, 519: clangores, id. Th. 8, 204: MANVS, i. e. magical, Inscr. Orell. 2486.—

II Subst. (freq. and class.): sāga, ae, f., a female diviner, a wise woman, fortune-teller, soothsayer, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65 (v. the passage under sagio); Col. 1, 8, 6; 11, 1, 22; Tib. 1, 2, 42; 1, 5, 59; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 29; Hor. C. 1, 27, 21; id. Ep. 2, 2, 208; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 10.—And, because such women often acted as panders,

2 A bawd, procuress: sagae mulieres dicuntur feminae ad libidinem virorum indagatrices, Non. 22, 33: ut saga et bona conciliatrix, Lucil. ap. Non. 23, 4: saga conducta pretio, Turp. ib. 6.

2. săgus — Lewis & Short

săgus, i, m., v. sagum.

3. SÁgUS — Walde–Hofmann

SÁgUS, -a, -um „währsagend“ seit Stat. (Rückbldg.? vgl praesügus seit Verg., prassägium seit Ov., praesägätiö Casiod sägs, -ae f. „Wahrsagerin; Kupplerin* [seit Turpil.), sdgdz, -àcis „scharf, saió — sal. . 465 witternd; scharfsinnig* seit Enn. und Plaut. [Adv. -r seit Cic., praesagüz Cl] sägäcitäs „Spürkraft, Scharfsinn“ seit Cie., ságió, -in, -itum, -ire „spüre, wittere* seit Cic. [praesägiö seit Plt., -or Caper … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. SÁgUS, p. 1370]

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