sagino Latin · revision 32907

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la sagīna}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [saˈɡiː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [saˈd͡ʒiː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sagīnō''' (present infinitive sagīnāre, perfect active sagīnāvī, supine sagīnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sagīna|-ō|t1=fattening]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD calls [[m|la|sagīna]] of unknown origin, and Walde and Köbler unexplained;^(OLD 2012)^(Walde 1906)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary mentions a possible link with [[ine-pro|*seh₂-|t=to satisfy]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its first quotation is Varro's, of oxen fattened for the public sacrifices.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to fatten animals and poultry for eating: Varro has young pigeons, Columella birds fattened with dumplings and a horse with barley and vetch, and Propertius a pig.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Of people it is to feed lavishly, to stuff full: the elder Seneca has a praetor stuffed at a deadly dinner, and Curtius a body fattened.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it to feed, fatten, cram full or nourish.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of oxen fattened for sacrifice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 57/46–12 BC – Propertius of a fattened pig.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella of fattening birds and a horse.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|fatten]] (animals, poultry) for eating.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To feed lavishly, [[m|en|cram]], stuff full; to nourish.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sagīnātiō]]

+ * [[sagīnārium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sagina|alt=sagīna]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}