noun · femininefirst declension
sagēna
sagēna f (genitive sagēnae)
Classical[saˈɡeː.na]Ecclesiastical[saˈd͡ʒɛː.na]
Meaning
- seine (large fishing net)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
rēte magnum piscātōriumsagēna -ae (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 11
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sagēna | sagēnae |
| genitive | sagēnae | sagēnārum |
| dative | sagēnae | sagēnīs |
| accusative | sagēnam | sagēnās |
| ablative | sagēnā | sagēnīs |
| vocative | sagēna | sagēnae |
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.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”).
Borrowings
- Englishseinfrom Proto-West Germanic *sagīna
- Englishseinefrom Proto-West Germanic *sagīna
- Englishseanfrom Proto-West Germanic *sagīna
- Dutchzegenfrom Proto-West Germanic *sagīna
- Old Frisian*seinefrom Proto-West Germanic *sagīna
- Alemannic Germansegifrom Proto-West Germanic *sagīna
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchseine
- Italiansennafrom French seine
- Bretonseignfrom French seine
- Bretonseûlenfrom French seine
- West Flemishseinefrom French seine
- West Flemishsennefrom French seine
- Normanseine
Italo-Romance
- Italiansagena
Gallo-Italic
- Lombardsaina
In English words that came into English from sagēna
- seinesagēna
- sagenitesagēna