sacciperium

Latin

Etymology

From saccus (“sack, bag; purse”) + pēra (“bag, wallet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sak.kiˈpeː.ri.um/, [s̠äkːɪˈpeːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sat.t͡ʃiˈpe.ri.um/, [sätː͡ʃiˈpɛːrium]

Noun

saccipērium n (genitive saccipēriī or saccipērī); second declension

1. A pocket for carrying a purse or wallet.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	saccipērium	saccipēria
genitive	saccipēriī saccipērī1	saccipēriōrum
dative	saccipēriō	saccipēriīs
accusative	saccipērium	saccipēria
ablative	saccipēriō	saccipēriīs
vocative	saccipērium	saccipēria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• saccārius
• saccātum
• saccellātiō
• saccellus
• sacceus
• saccibuccis
• saccīnus
• saccō
• sacculārius
• sacculus
• saccus

References

• “sacciperium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacciperium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sacciperium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.