LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

sāga1

sāga f (genitive sāgae)
Classical[ˈsaː.ɡa]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.ɡa]

Meaning

  1. a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch
  2. knowledgeable people, especially elderly women
  3. metonymicallypoeticmagic, magical phenomena or practitioners, supernatural events

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesāgasāgae
genitivesāgaesāgārum
dativesāgaesāgīs
accusativesāgamsāgās
ablativesāgāsāgīs
vocativesāgasāgae

sāga, ae, v. sāgus.

Origins

Substantivisation of the female form of sāgus (“soothsaying”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italiansaga
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliansagane
Borrowings
  • TranslingualSaga
noun · femininefirst declension
saga2
saga f (genitive sagae)

Meaning

  1. New Latinfemininesaga
    Saxonis Grammatici Historia danica. Recensuit et commentariis illustravit Dr. Petrus Erasmus Müller. Opus morte Mülleri interruptum absolvit Mag. Joannes Matthias Velschow, pars posterior, 1858, p. lxii... it may be inferred that Saxo had not encountered any written Icelandic sagas.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesagasagae
genitivesagaesagārum
dativesagaesagīs
accusativesagamsagās
ablativesagāsagīs
vocativesagasagae

săga, ae, v. săgum
I. init.

Origins

Borrowed from Old Norse saga.

Quick answers

What does sāga mean in Latin?
sāga, a noun, means “a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch; knowledgeable people, especially elderly women; magic, magical phenomena or practitioners, supernatural events”.
What is the genitive of sāga?
The genitive singular is sāgae. sāga is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce sāga?
In classical Latin, [ˈsaː.ɡa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsaː.ɡa].