LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

sagma

(Late Latin)
Classical[ˈsaɡ.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaɡ.ma]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfemininepack-saddle (for carrying goods on the back of a horse or other animal)
  2. Late LatinMedieval Latinfemininea load able to be carried on or by a pack-saddle or packhorse
  3. Late LatinMedieval Latinfemininea load able to be carried on or by a pack-saddle or packhorse

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesagmasagmae
genitivesagmaesagmārum
dativesagmaesagmīs
accusativesagmamsagmās
ablativesagmāsagmīs
vocativesagmasagmae

sagma, ae, f., = σάγμα,
I. a pack-saddle, Veg. 3, 59, 1; Vulg. Lev. 15, 9; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 16, 5.

Origins

From Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma, “pack-saddle”), from σάττω (sáttō, “to stuff, press, pack”).

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiansoma
  • Italiansalma
  • Siciliansarma
Occitano-Romance
  • Occitansauma
  • Catalansalma
Oïl
  • Frenchsommefrom Old French some
Gallo-Italic
  • Liguriansòma
  • Piedmontesesòma
Elsewhere
  • Franco-Provençalsôma
  • Franco-Provençalsauma
  • Proto-West Germanic*saum
  • Basquezama

In English words that came into English from sagma

  • sommelier*sauma
  • summersaumarius
  • seamsagma
  • sumpter*sagmatarius

Quick answers

What does sagma mean in Latin?
sagma, a noun, means “pack-saddle (for carrying goods on the back of a horse or other animal); a load able to be carried on or by a pack-saddle or packhorse; a load able to be carried on or by a pack-saddle or packhorse”.
How do you pronounce sagma?
In classical Latin, [ˈsaɡ.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsaɡ.ma].
Which English words come from sagma?
English words that go back to Latin sagma include seam, sommelier, summer and sumpter.