Sacae

English

Noun

Sacae

1. plural of Saca

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sagae
• Sacēs m sg

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /⁠Sakā⁠/) via Ancient Greek Σάκαι (Sákai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.kae̯/, [ˈs̠äkäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.t͡ʃe/, [ˈsäːt͡ʃe]

Proper noun

Sacae m pl (genitive Sacārum); first declension

1. Sacae, a Scythian tribe
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.50:

     Persae illos Sacas universos appellavere a proxima gente, antiqui Aramios, Scythae ipsi Persas Chorsaros et Caucasum montem Croucasim, hoc est nive candidum.

   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 11.5–8:

     sive in Hyrcanos Arabesve molles, / seu Sacas sagittiferosve Parthos, / sive quae septemgeminus colorat / aequora Nilus

     or even among Hyrcani, or effeminate Arabs, / or even Sacae, or arrow-armed Parthi / or even the plains that the seven-mouthed Nile colours

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Sacae
Genitive	Sacārum
Dative	Sacīs
Accusative	Sacās
Ablative	Sacīs
Vocative	Sacae

References

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