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|lshtext=<b>săgum</b>: i, n. ([[ante]]-[[class]]. collat. form săgus, i, m., corresp. to the Greek, Enn. and Varr. ap. Non. 223, 30 sq.; Afran. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 81 P.;<br /><b>I</b> fem.: sagas caerulas, Enn. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 81 P.; [[but]] it would perh. be [[more]] [[correct]] to [[read]] sagos caerulos; cf. Enn. p. 182, 54 Vahl.), = [[σάγος]]> [acc. to [[Polybius]], a Celtic [[word]], [[whence]] the Engl. shag], a [[coarse]] [[woollen]] [[blanket]] or [[mantle]] (cf. [[laena]]), e. g. of servants, [[Cato]], R. R. 59; Col. 1, 8, 9; Dig. 34, 2, 23 fin.; of the Germans, Tac. G. 17; for horses, Veg. Vet. 1, 42, 4; 3, 15, 16; [[but]] [[most]] freq. of soldiers, a [[military]] [[cloak]]: [[valde]] [[metuo]] ne frigeas in hibernis ... [[praesertim]] qui sagis non abundares, Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 75; Liv. 10, 30 fin.: [[saga]] fibulatoria, Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 10.—Hence, [[saga]] is a [[sign]] of [[war]] (as [[toga]] is a [[sign]] of [[peace]]) in the phrases:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Saga sumere, to [[put]] on the [[saga]], i.q. to [[take]] up [[arms]], [[prepare]] for [[battle]] (it [[was]] the [[custom]] for all Romans to do this, in token of [[preparation]] for [[war]], [[even]] those [[who]] were not [[going]] to the [[field]], excepting persons of [[consular]] [[rank]]; cf. Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 538, 27): tumultum decerni, justitium edici, [[saga]] sumi [[dico]] oportere, delectum habere, etc., id. Phil. 5, 12, 31; 14, 1, 2; Liv. Epit. 72: terrā marique [[victus]] [[hostis]] punico Lugubre mutavit [[sagum]], Hor. Epod. 9, 28; in sing., of an [[individual]]: tum [[iste]] ([[Verres]]) [[excitatus]] [[sagum]] sumit, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In the [[same]] signif.: ad [[saga]] [[ire]], Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1; cf. Vell. 2, 16, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> In sagis esse, to be under [[arms]]: cum est in sagis [[civitas]], Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Saga ponere, to [[lay]] [[down]] one's [[arms]], Liv. Epit. 73.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen. (eccl. Lat.), a [[covering]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A curtain, [[tent]]-[[cover]], Vulg. Exod. 26, 7; 36, 14, etc.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[garment]], Vulg. Judic. 3, 16.
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