Sacae
English
editNoun
editSacae
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /Sakā/) via Ancient Greek Σάκαι (Sákai).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kae̯/, [ˈs̠äkäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.t͡ʃe/, [ˈsäːt͡ʃe]
Proper noun
editSacae m pl (genitive Sacārum); first declension
- 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
- sive in Hyrcanos Arabesve molles, / seu Sacas sagittiferosve Parthos, / sive quae septemgeminus colorat / aequora Nilus
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Sacae |
Genitive | Sacārum |
Dative | Sacīs |
Accusative | Sacās |
Ablative | Sacīs |
Vocative | Sacae |
References
edit- 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
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