English

Noun

saccus ‎(plural sacci)

1. (botany) A bladder or wing-like structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.

Related terms

• bisaccate
• monosaccate
• saccate

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάκκος ‎(sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Phoenician, Ancient Egyptian 𓆷𓈎𓄜 ‎(sAq, “sack”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.kus/

Noun

saccus m ‎(genitive saccī); second declension

1. A sack, bag; purse, wallet.
2. A garment of sackcloth or haircloth.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (purse): alūta, crumēna, fiscus, sacculus

Derived terms

Related terms

• saccātum
• saccellātiō
• sacculārius

Descendants

References

• saccus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saccus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SACCUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “saccus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• saccus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saccus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• saccus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin