LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

sāgus

sāgus (feminine sāga, neuter sāgum)
Classical[ˈsaː.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivedivining, prophetic

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesāgussāgasāgum
genitivesāgīsāgaesāgī
dativesāgōsāgaesāgō
accusativesāgumsāgamsāgum
ablativesāgōsāgāsāgō
vocativesāgesāgasāgum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesāgīsāgaesāga
genitivesāgōrumsāgārumsāgōrum
dativesāgīssāgīssāgīs
accusativesāgōssāgāssāga
ablativesāgīssāgīssāgīs
vocativesāgīsāgaesāga

sāgus, a, um, adj. v. sagio; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65; Paul. ex Fest. p. 255 Müll.,
I. presaging, predicting, prophetic (as adj., only post-Aug.): aves, Stat. Achill. 1, 519: clangores, id. Th. 8, 204: MANVS, i. e. magical, Inscr. Orell. 2486.—
II. Subst. (freq. and class.): sāga, ae, f., a female diviner, a wise woman, fortune-teller, soothsayer, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65 (v. the passage under sagio); Col. 1, 8, 6; 11, 1, 22; Tib. 1, 2, 42; 1, 5, 59; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 29; Hor. C. 1, 27, 21; id. Ep. 2, 2, 208; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 10.—And, because such women often acted as panders,
2. A bawd, procuress: sagae mulieres dicuntur feminae ad libidinem virorum indagatrices, Non. 22, 33: ut saga et bona conciliatrix, Lucil. ap. Non. 23, 4: saga conducta pretio, Turp. ib. 6.
săgus, i, m., v. sagum.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂g-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*séh₂gos
  3. Latinsāgus

From Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gos, from *seh₂g- (whence sāgiō).

Descendants
  • Italiansago

Quick answers

What does sāgus mean in Latin?
sāgus, a adjective, means “divining, prophetic”.
How do you pronounce sāgus?
In classical Latin, [ˈsaː.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsaː.ɡus].
Where does sāgus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- → Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gos → Latin sāgus.