Latin edit

Etymology edit

From the Doric Greek σᾱ́κωμᾰ (sā́kōma) form of σήκωμα (sḗkōma, standard weight, counterpoise), from σηκός (sēkós, enclosure, pen).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sācōma n (genitive sācōmatis); third declension

  1. counterpoise, counterweight

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sācōma sācōmata
Genitive sācōmatis sācōmatum
Dative sācōmatī sācōmatibus
Accusative sācōma sācōmata
Ablative sācōmate sācōmatibus
Vocative sācōma sācōmata

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Descendants edit

  • Italian: sagoma

References edit

  • sacoma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sacoma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.