sagena

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

săgēna, ae, f.,=σαγήνη,

I a large fishing-net , a seine , Manil. 5, 678 (cf. Dig. 47, 10, 13, § 7); Vulg. Ezech. 26, 5; 47, 10; id. Matt. 13, 47.—

II Transf., in gen., a snare , Vulg. Eccl. 7, 27; id. Ezech. 12, 13.