noun · masculinesecond declension
pāgus
pāgus m (genitive pāgī)
Classical[ˈpaː.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.ɡus]
Meaning
- district, canton, region
in omnibus cīvitātibus atque in omnibus pāgīs partibusque
in every state and every canton and districtc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 6.11 - countryside (rural area outside of a city)
8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.669
- countryfolk, rural community
8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.669
- clan
- Medieval Latinvillage
- Medieval Latincountry, territory
Posita est autem haec in pago Silensi
This town is located in the Silesian country.1017, Thietmar, Chronicle 8
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
regiō, pars gentispāgus -ī (m) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 2
district, canton
pāgus -ī (m) — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pāgus | pāgī |
| genitive | pāgī | pāgōrum |
| dative | pāgō | pāgīs |
| accusative | pāgum | pāgōs |
| ablative | pāgō | pāgīs |
| vocative | pāge | pāgī |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
pāgus, i (old
I. gen. PAGEIEI, which prob. is an error for PAGEI, Inscr. Orell. 3793), m. root pak-, pag-, to make fast or firm, whence pango, pax, pagina; Gr. πήγνυμι, πάγος, etc.; prop., a place with fixed boundaries; hence, a district, canton, province (opp. to the city), the country (cf. vicus):
paganalia (feriae sunt eorum) qui sunt aliquoius pagi, Varr. L. L. 6, § 24; cf. id. ib. § 26 Müll.: Lemonia tribus a pago Lemonio appellata est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 15: pagos et compita circum, Verg. G. 2, 382: omissis pagis vicisque, Tac. A. 1, 56: MAGISTER PAGI, a country magistrate, Inscr. Orell. 3793 sq.: si me toto laudet vicinia pago, Juv. 14, 154.—Of the districts, cantons, of the Gauls and Germans: in Galliā ... in omnibus pagis partibusque, Caes. B. G. 6, 11; 1, 12; 4, 1; 22; 6, 23; 7, 64; Tac. G. 39: cum Alamannorum pagos aliquos esse reputaret hostiles, Amm. 18, 2, 1.—II. Transf.
A. The country people:
festus in pratis vacat otioso Cum bove pagus, Hor. C. 3, 18, 11: pagus agat festum, Ov. F. 1, 669.—B. Novem Pagi, a city in Belgic Gaul, now Dieuze, Amm. 16, 2, 9 (al. Decem Pagi).
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *pāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Perhaps "a space with fixed boundaries". See related terms. Compare the meaning, "region", of fīnis again perhaps of a root meaning "to fix".
Descendants
- Englishpagus
- Italianpago
- Spanishpago
- Portuguesepagofrom Spanish pago
- Old Bretonpoufrom Proto-Brythonic *pọɣ
- Cornishpowfrom Proto-Brythonic *pọɣ
- Welshpaufrom Proto-Brythonic *pọɣ