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Saxo

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See also: saxo and saxó

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (dagger, knife).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Saxō m (genitive Saxōnis); third declension

  1. A person from the Germanic tribal community of the Saxons
  2. (Medieval Latin, Britain, Ireland, by extension) An English person.
    Synonym: Anglosaxones (in plural)
  3. (Medieval Latin, Germany) A speaker of Low German. [from 12th c.]

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Saxō Saxōnēs
genitive Saxōnis Saxōnum
dative Saxōnī Saxōnibus
accusative Saxōnem Saxōnēs
ablative Saxōne Saxōnibus
vocative Saxō Saxōnēs

Descendants

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References

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