noun · femininefirst declension
saeta
saeta f (genitive saetae)
Classical[ˈsae̯.ta]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.ta]
Meaning
- femininea bristle, (rough) hair on an animal
- Late Latinfemininesilk (the meaning of most descendants in modern languages)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
capillus dūrus animāliumsaeta -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saeta | saetae sētae |
| genitive | saetae sētae | saetārum sētārum |
| dative | saetae sētae | saetīs sētīs |
| accusative | saetam sētam | saetās sētās |
| ablative | saetā | saetīs sētīs |
| vocative | saeta | saetae sētae |
saeta (sēta), ae, f. etym. dub..
I. Prop., a thick, stiff hair on an animal; a bristle (class.; usu. in plur.; cf. villus, pilus).
A. Plur.
1. Absol., Lucr. 5, 786;
of a boar, Ov. M. 8, 428; cf. 2, B. infra; of a porcupine, Claud. Hystr. 6; of the fish aper, Ov. Hal. 59; of a goat, Verg. G. 3, 312; of a cow, id. A. 7, 790; of a horse, Amm. 29, 2, 4; Val. Fl. 6, 71: ita quasi saetis labra mihi compungit barba, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 48.—2. With gen.:
saetae leonis, Prop. 4, 9, 44.— B. Sing.:
saeta equina, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: nigrae saetae grex (suum), Col. 7, 9, 2; cf. Verg. A. 7, 667.—II. Meton.
A. Of stiff, bristly, human hair, Verg. A. 8, 266; id. G. 3, 312; Ov. M. 13, 850; Juv. 2, 11; Mart. 6, 56.—
B. Of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees, Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 41.—
C. Of any thing made of coarse hair or bristles, e. g. the bottom or leader of an angling-line, Ov. Hal. 34:
piscem tremulā salientem ducere saetā, Mart. 1, 56, 9; so, id. 10, 30, 16.—D. A brush made from bristles:
parieti siccato cera Punica cum oleo liquefacta candens saetis inducatur, Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Vitr. 7, 9, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
saeta (sēta) ae, f
—Of beasts, a stiff hair, bristle: equina: rigidis horrentia saetis Terga (agri), O.: tondent hirci saetas comantīs, V.: leonis, V., Pr.—Of men, stiff hair, bristly hair: villosa saetis Pectora, V.: hirtae saetae, O.—Of a fishing-line, the leader, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Compare Old High German seid (“cord”), Old Norse seior, Czech síť (“net”), Russian сеть (setʹ, “net, mesh”), Old Church Slavonic сѣть (sětĭ, “trap, snare, net”), Lithuanian sietas (“tie”), Old Prussian saytan (“belt, strap”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬈𐬙𐬎 (haetu, “dam”), and Sanskrit सेतु (sétu, “bridge, fetter, band”).
Insular Romance
- Sardinianseta
- Sardinianseda
- Sardiniansera
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianseta
- Italiansetefrom Italian seta
- Italiansedafrom Italian seta
- Corsicansita
- Dalmatiansaita
- Istriotsìda
- Neapolitanseta
- Neapolitansèita
- Siciliansita
- Venetanséda
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanseda
- Occitanseda
- Gasconsetafrom Occitan seda
- Vivaro-Alpineseafrom Occitan seda
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesesedafrom Old Galician-Portuguese seda
- Spanishsedafrom Old Spanish seda
- Aragoneseseda
- Asturianseda
- Asturiansea
- Extremaduransea
- Leoneseseda
- Galiciansedafrom Old Galician-Portuguese seda
- Ladinosedafrom Old Spanish seda
Borrowings
- Englishseta
- Proto-West Germanic*sīdā
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliansede
- Ladinseida
- Ladinseda
- Romanshsaida
- Romanshseida
- Romanshseda
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianseda
- Emiliansèida
- Liguriansæa
- Liguriansèe
- Liguriansèje
- Liguriansè
- Piedmontesesedafrom Lombard seda
- Piedmontesesèidafrom Lombard seda
- Piedmontesesèje
- Piedmontesesèja
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalsèya
- Franco-Provençalsèye
- Old Frenchsoie