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sarcina

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See also: sarcină and Sarcina

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *serḱ- (to mend), whence also sarciō (I patch, mend).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sarcina f (genitive sarcinae); first declension

  1. a package, pack
  2. (figuratively) burden, weight, sorrow
  3. (in the plural) baggage, luggage
    Synonyms: vāsum, impedimentum

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sarcina sarcinae
genitive sarcinae sarcinārum
dative sarcinae sarcinīs
accusative sarcinam sarcinās
ablative sarcinā sarcinīs
vocative sarcina sarcinae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • sarcina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sarcina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sarcina 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)
  • sarcina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sarcina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers