noun · femininefirst declension
sarcina
sarcina f (genitive sarcinae)
Classical[ˈsar.kɪ.na]Ecclesiastical[ˈsar.t͡ʃi.na]
Meaning
- femininea package, pack
- femininefigurativelyburden, weight, sorrow
- femininein pluralbaggage, luggage
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
onus quod portātursarcina -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 1, 13 and Metamorphoses I, ch. 13
onus rērum collēctumsarcina -ae (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 16
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sarcina | sarcinae |
| genitive | sarcinae | sarcinārum |
| dative | sarcinae | sarcinīs |
| accusative | sarcinam | sarcinās |
| ablative | sarcinā | sarcinīs |
| vocative | sarcina | sarcinae |
sarcĭna, ae, f. id..
I. Lit., a package, bundle, burden, load, pack; more freq. in the plur., luggage (class. only in the plur.; not in Cic.); sing.:
quid ego nunc agam? nisi uti sarcinam constringam et clipeum ad dorsum accommodem, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 93; 2, 4, 195: sarcinam inponam seni, id. Most. 2, 1, 83: essem militiae sarcina fida tuae, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 46. gravis, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 6; Petr. 117, 11.—In plur.: sarcinas colligere, Sall. J. 97, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 24; 7, 18; id. B. C. 1, 59; 3, 76; Tac. A. 1, 23; Phaedr. 2, 7, 1; 4, 2, 5.—Esp. of the baggage of soldiers on the march, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 2, 17; Liv. 44, 38; Hirt. B. Afr. 69: sub sarcinis aggredi, id. B. G. 8, 27.—Poet., of the fruit of the womb: Ismenos, qui matri sarcina quondam Prima suae fuerat, Ov. M. 6, 224: sarcinam effundere, Phaedr. 3, 15, 6.—II. Trop. (Ovid.), a burden, weight of cares, troubles, griefs, Ov. H. 4, 24; id. P. 3, 7, 14. —Of government, Ov. P. 1, 2, 101:
sarcina sum (tibi), id. Tr. 5, 6, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sarcina ae, f
SAR-, a package, bundle, burden, load, pack (only poet. in sing.): gravis, H.— Plur, packs, luggage, baggage : sarcinas conligere, S.: sarcinas conferri iussit, Cs.: muli gravati sarcinis, Ph.: custodia sarcinarum, L.: qui matri sarcina Prima suae fuerat, burden (of the womb), O.: sarcinam effundit, i. e. brings forth , Ph.— Fig., a burden, weight, sorrow, care : Sarcinaque haec animo non sedet apta meo, O.: Sarcina sum (tibi), O.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *serḱ- (“to mend”), whence also sarciō (“to patch, mend”), see -nus.
Descendants
- Italiansarcina
- Romaniansarcină
- Spanishsarcina
- Aromaniansartsinã
- Istro-Romaniansårcirĕ
- Neapolitansarcina