σάγαρις

Ancient Greek

A foreign word without etymology. It has been compared with Latin sagitta (“arrow”) and Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear, assegai”) and Psalm 35, 3 Hebrew סְגֹר (səḡōr, translated as a weapon since Parḥōn, as lance by Luther, javelin by the Berean Study Bible, New International Version and New Living Translation, and battle-axe in the New American Standard Bible), but one would rather of course expect Iranian origin, and it is probably a cognate to Latin secūris (“broad axe”) and Proto-Slavic *sekyra (“broad axe”), for which compare Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

σᾰ́γᾰρῐς • (sắgărĭs) f (genitive σᾰγᾰ́ρῐος or σᾰγᾰ́ρεως); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰ́γᾰρῐς hē sắgărĭs	τὼ σᾰγᾰ́ρῐε tṑ săgắrĭe	αἱ σᾰγᾰ́ρῐες hai săgắrĭes
Genitive	τῆς σᾰγᾰ́ρῐος tês săgắrĭos	τοῖν σᾰγᾰρῐ́οιν toîn săgărĭ́oin	τῶν σᾰγᾰρῐ́ων tôn săgărĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ σᾰγᾰ́ρῑ têi săgắrī	τοῖν σᾰγᾰρῐ́οιν toîn săgărĭ́oin	ταῖς σᾰγᾰ́ρῐσῐ / σᾰγᾰ́ρῐσῐν taîs săgắrĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σᾰ́γᾰρῐν tḕn sắgărĭn	τὼ σᾰγᾰ́ρῐε tṑ săgắrĭe	τᾱ̀ς σᾰγᾰ́ρῑς / σᾰγᾰ́ρῐᾰς tā̀s săgắrīs / săgắrĭăs
Vocative	σᾰ́γᾰρῐ sắgărĭ	σᾰγᾰ́ρῐε săgắrĭe	σᾰγᾰ́ρῐες săgắrĭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰ́γᾰρῐς hē sắgărĭs	τὼ σᾰγᾰ́ρει tṑ săgắrei	αἱ σᾰγᾰ́ρεις hai săgắreis
Genitive	τῆς σᾰγᾰ́ρεως tês săgắreōs	τοῖν σᾰγᾰρέοιν toîn săgăréoin	τῶν σᾰγᾰ́ρεων tôn săgắreōn
Dative	τῇ σᾰγᾰ́ρει têi săgắrei	τοῖν σᾰγᾰρέοιν toîn săgăréoin	ταῖς σᾰγᾰ́ρεσῐ / σᾰγᾰ́ρεσῐν taîs săgắresĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σᾰ́γᾰρῐν tḕn sắgărĭn	τὼ σᾰγᾰ́ρει tṑ săgắrei	τᾱ̀ς σᾰγᾰ́ρεις tā̀s săgắreis
Vocative	σᾰ́γᾰρῐ sắgărĭ	σᾰγᾰ́ρει săgắrei	σᾰγᾰ́ρεις săgắreis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“σάγαρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σάγαρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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