proper noun
Săgăris
Meaning
- a river in Phrygia and Bitnynia
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.