sagum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

sagum ī, n

1 SAC-, a coarse woollen blanket, rough mantle : tegumen omnibus (Germanis) sagum, Ta.— A military cloak : qui sagis non abundares: sinistras sagis involvunt, Cs.—Fig., as a symbol of war, a military cloak, war-dress : cum est in sagis civitas, under arms : saga sumi dico oportere: propter cuius periculum ad saga issemus, i. e. would have fought .

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