Sagaris

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Săgăris, is; Săgărĭus, ii; Să-gĭārĭus, ii; and Sangărĭus, ii, m.,

I a river in Phrygia and Bitnynia , which empties into the Propontis , now the Sacari or Sacaria. —Form Sagaris, Ov. P. 4, 10, 47; Mart. Cap. 6, § 687 sq.: Sagarius, Sol. 43, § 1: Sagiarius, v. 1. Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 4: Sangarius, Liv. 38, 18, 8.—Hence,

A Săgărītis , ĭdis, adj. f. , of Sagaris : nympha, a nymph beloved by Attis , Ov. F. 4, 229.—

B San-gărĭus , a, um, adj., of Sagaris : puer, i.e. Attis , Stat. S. 3, 4, 41.

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