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1. Săgăris, is; Săgărĭus, ii; Să-gĭārĭus, ii; and Sangărĭus, ii, m., a river in Phrygia and Bitnynia, which empties into the Propontis, now the Sacari or Sacaria.
Form Sagaris, Ov. P. 4, 10, 47; Mart. Cap. 6, § 687 sq.: Sagarius, Sol. 43, § 1: Sagiarius, v. 1. Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 4: Sangarius, Liv. 38, 18, 8.
Hence,

  1. A. Săgărītis, ĭdis, adj. f., of Sagaris: nympha, a nymph beloved by Attis, Ov. F. 4, 229.
  2. B. San-gărĭus, a, um, adj., of Sagaris: puer, i.e. Attis, Stat. S. 3, 4, 41.

săgīna, ae, f. [kindr. with σάττω, to stuff full, to cram; v. sagmen], a stuffing, cramming, fattening, feeding, feasting.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In abstr. (class.): anserum, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 1; Col. 6, 27, 9; 8, 14, 11: gallinarum, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 140: cochlearum, id. 9, 56, 82, § 174: vaccarum. Vulg. Ecclus. 38, 27: dies noctesque estur, Bibitur, neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet: sagina plane est, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79: in saginam se conicere, id. Trin. 3, 2, 96: qui multitudinem illam non auctoritate sed sagina tenebat, * Cic. Fl. 7, 17; cf. Tac. H. 2, 71.
    2. B. In concr.
      1. 1. Food, nourishment (postAug.).
        1. a. Lit.: gladiatoria sagina, Tac. H. 2, 88; cf., of gladiators’ food, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 25: temulentus et sagina gravis, Tac. H. 1, 62: stomachum laxare saginae, Juv. 4, 67: sagina viva, i. e. small fish with which larger ones were fed, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7; cf. Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 14: ad saginam idonea, Col. 8, 9, 4: ferarum, Suet. Calig. 27: minuere saginam, Nemes. Cyn. 166: ad saginam pristinam revocare, to natural food, Veg. 2, 45, 3: bestiarum, App. M. p. 148, 27.
        2. b. Transf.: herbae viridis coma dulciore saginā roris aut fluminis, rich nourishment, Pall. 7, 3 Mai: quemadmodum forensibus certaminibus exercitatos et quasi militantes reficit ac reparat haec velut sagina dicendi, nourishment of oratory, Quint. 10, 5, 17.
      2. * 2. A fatted animal: este, effercite vos, saginam caedite, kill the fatted beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 62.
  2. II. Meton., fatness produced by much eating, corpulence (postAug.): saginam corporis ex nimiā luxuriā contraxit, Just. 21, 2, 1: sagina ventris non homini sed beluae similis, id. 38, 8, 9: qui colorem fuco et verum robur inani saginā mentiuntur, Quint. 2, 15, 25: nimio tendis mole saginam, Aus. Ephem. 1, 8: ursam quae ceteris saginā corporis praevalebat, App. M. 4, p. 149, 7.

săgīnārĭum, ii, n. [sagina], a place where animals are fatted, a feeding-stall, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 7.

săgīnātĭo, ōnis, f. [sagino], a fattening, feeding, stall-feeding (for the usual sagina), Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207; Tert. Pall. 4.

săgīnātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. sagino.

săgīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sagina] (class.; cf. educare).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Of animals, to fatten, fat: pullos columbinos, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9: boves ad sacrificia, id. ib. 2, 1, 20: aves offis, Col. 8, 7, 3: equum hordeo ervoque (with roborare largo cibo), id. 6, 27, 8: porcum, Prop. 4(5), 1, 23: corpus, Curt. 9, 7, 16: glires fagi glande, Plin. 16, 6, 7, § 18: catulos ferarum molliore praedā, Quint. 12, 6, 6 et saep.
    2. B. Of persons, to cram, stuff, feast: saginare plebem populares suos, ut jugulentur, Liv. 6, 17, 3: nuptialibus cenis, id. 36, 17: terra, quae copiā rerum omnium (illos Gallos) saginaret, id. 38, 17: cum exquisitis cottidie Antonius saginaretur epulis, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119: convivas, id. 33, 10, 47, § 136.
  2. II. Transf., to feed, nourish, etc.: terra multorum annorum frondibus et herbis, velut saginata largioribus pabulis, Col. 2, 1, 5; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 54: fons umore supero saginatus, Sol. 45: qui ab illo pestifero ac perdito cive jampridem rei publicae sanguine saginantur, * Cic. Sest. 36, 78; Curt. 5, 1, 39; Tac. H. 4, 42.
    Hence, săgīnātus, a, um, P. a., fattened, fat (late Lat.): saginatior hostia, Hier. Ep. 21, 12; so, Christianus ursis, Tert. Jejun. 17 fin.: vitulum, Vulg. Luc. 15, 23.

* sāgĭo, īre, v. n. [root sagh-, to be sharp; Sanscr. saghnomi, kill; Gr. σάγαρις, battle-axe; cf.: sagus, sagax, sagitta], to perceive quickly or keenly by the senses; trop., to perceive acutely with the intellect: sagire sentire acute est: ex quo sagae anus, quia multa scire volunt; et sagaces dicti canes. Is igitur, qui ante sagit quam oblata res est, dicitur praesagire, id est futura ante sentire, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65.

săgitta, ae, f. [root sagh-; v. sagio].

  1. I. An arrow, shaft, bolt (freq. in prose and poetry; cf.: telum, jaculum): cum arcum mihi et pharetram et sagittas sumpsero, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99: confige sagittis fures thesaurarios, id. Aul. 2, 8, 25; Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89; id. N. D. 2, 50, 126 al.: missiles, Hor. C. 3, 6, 16: celeres, id. ib. 3, 20, 9 et saep.: sagittā Cupido cor meum transfixit, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 25; Lucr. 4, 1278; Tib. 2, 1, 81; Hor. C. 2, 8, 15; 1, 27, 12: sagittam conicere, Verg. A. 4, 69: nervo aptare sagittas, id. ib. 10, 131; Ov. M. 8, 380: savii sagittis per cussus est, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 16 (but the better reading is: ejus saviis perculsus).
  2. II. Meton., of things of a like form.
    1. A. The extreme thin part of a vine-branch or shoot, Col. 3, 10, 22; 3, 17, 2; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.
    2. B. The herb arrow-head, Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 111.
    3. C. In late Lat., an instrument for letting blood, a lancet, Veg. 1, 22, 4; 1, 25, 5; 1, 43, 3, etc.
    4. D. Sagitta, a constellation, the Arrow, Hyg. Astr. 2, 15; 3, 14; Cic. Arat. 382; Col. 11, 2, 21; Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 131; 18, 31, 74, § 309.

săgittārĭus, a, um, adj. [sagitta].

  1. I. Of or belonging to an arrow, arrow-: calamus, good for making arrows, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 166: certamen, with arrows, Dict. Cret. 4, 19.
  2. II. Subst.: săgittārĭus, ii, m.
    1. A. An archer, bowman, a sort of light-armed troops, both foot and horse; usually in the plur., Caes. B. G. 2, 7; 2, 10; 2, 19; 7, 31; Sall. J. 46, 7; Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 18; id. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Amm. 29, 5, 22.
      In sing., collect.: levis armatura cum equite sagittario, Tac. A. 2, 16 fin.; 13, 40.
    2. B. săgittārii, ōrum, m., arrow-makers, arrow-smiths, Dig. 50, 6, 7.
    3. C. The constellation Sagittarius, or the Archer (otherwise called Arcitenens], Cic. Arat. 525; Hyg. Fab. 124; id. Astr. 2, 27; 3, 26; Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 215; 30, 11, 29, § 97.

săgittātus, a, um, v. sagitto, II.

săgittĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [sagittafero].

  1. I. Arrow-bearing (poet.): pharetra, Ov. M. 1, 468; Stat. Achill. 1, 416: Parthi, armed with arrows, archers, Cat. 11, 6; so, Geloni, Verg. A. 8, 725: pecus, i.e. the porcupine, Claud. Hystr. 48.
  2. II. = Sagittarius, the constellation of the Archer, Manil. 2, 266; 2, 500; 2, 560.

Săgittĭger, gĕri, m. [sagitta-gero], like Sagittifer (II.), for Sagittarius, the constellation of the Archer, Avien. Arat. 482.

Săgittĭ-pŏtens, entis, m. [sagitta], for Sagittarius, the constellation of the Archer, Cic. Arat. 73.

săgitto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.].

  1. I. Neutr., to discharge arrows, to shoot with arrows (post-Aug. for sagittam jacere, etc.): hos equitare et sagittare docent, Just. 41, 2, 5; Curt. 7, 5, 42; Sol. 19 med.; Vulg. Psa. 10, 2; 63, 4.
  2. II. Act., in part. perf.: săgittātus, a, um, shot or wounded with an arrow, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 12 med.; Ambros. de Cain et Abel, 1, 5, 15.

* săgittŭla, ae, f. dim. [sagitta], a little arrow, App. M. 10, p. 254, 34.