The corpus record

σάγμα

sagma · τό

covering, clothing

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k

What it meant — LSJ

covering, clothing, large cloak, covering of a shield

covering, clothing, esp. like σάγος, large cloak, Ar. V. 1142; covering of a shield, E. Andr. 617, Ar. Ach. 574.

II pack-saddle

later, like σαγή II, pack-saddle, Ostr.Bodl. i321 (ii B.C.), Str. 15.1.20, POxy. 326 (i A.D.); τὰ σ. τῶν ὑποζυγίων Plu. Pomp. 41, cf. Arat. 25; τῆς καμήλου LXX Ge. 31.34; cj. in A. Pr. 463.

III pile

pile, ὅπλων Plu. Cat.Ma. 20.

In the wild

σάγμασὶν · sagmasin Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 462–466
σάγματα · sagmata Septuaginta, Genesis 31

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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