σαγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάττω (sáttō, “to pack, stuff”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /saˈʝi/ → /saˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈʝi/

Noun

σᾰγή • (săgḗ) f (genitive σᾰγῆς); first declension

1. pack, baggage
2. scrip, wallet, knapsack

   Synonym: ἀσκοπήρα (askopḗra)

3. (in general) equipment, harness, furniture

Declension

First declension of ἡ σᾰγή; τῆς σᾰγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰγή hē săgḗ	τὼ σᾰγᾱ́ tṑ săgā́	αἱ σᾰγαί hai săgaí
Genitive	τῆς σᾰγῆς tês săgês	τοῖν σᾰγαῖν toîn săgaîn	τῶν σᾰγῶν tôn săgôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰγῇ têi săgêi	τοῖν σᾰγαῖν toîn săgaîn	ταῖς σᾰγαῖς taîs săgaîs
Accusative	τὴν σᾰγήν tḕn săgḗn	τὼ σᾰγᾱ́ tṑ săgā́	τᾱ̀ς σᾰγᾱ́ς tā̀s săgā́s
Vocative	σᾰγή săgḗ	σᾰγᾱ́ săgā́	σᾰγαί săgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σαγή (sagí)

Further reading

• “σαγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σαγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σαγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette