σαγήνη
αἱ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν → but they in their wrath maimed him, but they in their wrath made him helpless, but they in their wrath made him blind
English (LSJ)
Cypr.ἁγάνα (v. ἄγανα and cf. σάγανα), ἡ,
A large drag-net for taking fish, seine, Ital. sagena, LXX Hb.1.15, al., Ev.Matt.13.47, Plu.2.169c, Luc.Tim.22, Pisc.51, etc.; σαγήνην βάλλειν Babr.4.1, 9.6; hunting-net, Id.43.8. 2 = ἐπίπλοος (c), Poll.2.169.
German (Pape)
[Seite 857] ἡ, ein großes Netz, mit dem viele Fische auf einmal gefangen werden können, das Ziehgarn oder Schleppnetz; Luc. Pisc. 51 u. öfter; Plut. u. a. Sp.; οἱ λίνα καὶ στάλικας καὶ σαγήνας περιβαλλόμενοι, S. Emp. adv. phys. 1, 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σᾰγήνη: ἡ, μέγα δίκτυον ὅπερ σύρεται πρὸς ἁλιείαν, Ἰταλ. sagena, Λουκ. Τίμ. 22, ἁλ. 51, Πλούτ. 169C, Καιν. Διαθ., κλ.· σαγήνην βάλλειν Βάβρ. 4. 1., 9. 6· - δίκτυον κυνηγετικόν, ὁ αὐτ. 43. 8.
2) = ἐπίπλοον, Πολυδ. Β΄, 169.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
1 seine, grand filet de pêcheur;
2 p. ext. filet de chasseur.
Étymologie: DELG terme techn. de substrat comme ἀπ-ήνη.
English (Strong)
from a derivative of satto (to equip) meaning furniture, especially a pack-saddle (which in the East is merely a bag of netted rope); a "seine" for fishing: net.
English (Thayer)
σαγηνης, ἡ (σάσσω to load, fill), a large fishing-net, a drag-net (Vulg. sagena (cf. English seine)), used in catching fish that swim in shoals (cf. B. D., under the word Smith's Bible Dictionary, Net; Trench, Synonyms, § lxiv.): Sept.; Plutarch, solert. anim., p. 977f.; Lucian, pisc. 51; Tim. 22; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2,14; Aelian h. a. 11,12; (βάλλειν σαγηνης Babrius fab. 4,1; 9,6).)
