σαγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάττω (sáttō, “to pack, stuff”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /saˈʝi/ → /saˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi/

Noun

σᾰγή • (sagḗ) f (genitive σᾰγῆς); first declension

1. pack, baggage
2. scrip, wallet, knapsack

   Synonym: ἀσκοπήρα (askopḗra)

3. (in general) equipment, harness, furniture

Declension

First declension of ἡ σᾰγή; τῆς σᾰγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰγή hē sagḗ	τὼ σᾰγᾱ́ tṑ sagā́	αἱ σᾰγαί hai sagaí
Genitive	τῆς σᾰγῆς tês sagês	τοῖν σᾰγαῖν toîn sagaîn	τῶν σᾰγῶν tôn sagôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰγῇ têi sagêi	τοῖν σᾰγαῖν toîn sagaîn	ταῖς σᾰγαῖς taîs sagaîs
Accusative	τὴν σᾰγήν tḕn sagḗn	τὼ σᾰγᾱ́ tṑ sagā́	τᾱ̀ς σᾰγᾱ́ς tā̀s sagā́s
Vocative	σᾰγή sagḗ	σᾰγᾱ́ sagā́	σᾰγαί sagaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σαγή (sagí)

Further reading

• “σαγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σαγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σαγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette