sacena

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Traditionally linked to Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), whence also Latin secō (“I cut”) and saxum (“stone”),^[1] but the root vowel /a/ and the suffix remain unexplained.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈkeː.na/, [s̠äˈkeːnä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈt͡ʃe.na/, [säˈt͡ʃɛːnä]

Noun edit

sacēna f (genitive sacēnae); first declension

A kind of axe used in sacrifices

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sacēna	sacēnae
Genitive	sacēnae	sacēnārum
Dative	sacēnae	sacēnīs
Accusative	sacēnam	sacēnās
Ablative	sacēnā	sacēnīs
Vocative	sacēna	sacēnae

References edit

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “sacena”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 459