σάγος
Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) → Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ὁ,
A coarse cloak, plaid, used by the Gauls, Plb.2.28.7, 2.30.1, D.S.5.30; by the Spaniards, App.Hisp.42; soldier's cloak, Lat. sagum, Plu.2.201c; σ. Ἀρσινοϊτικοί Peripl.M.Rubr.8; σ. Γαλλικός, Ἆφρος, Edict.Diocl.19.60,61; simply cloak or perh. blanket, POxy.1051.20 (iii A.D.); horse-cloth, Hippiatr.99 (so Lat. sagum, Cod.Theod.8.5.50, al.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 857] ὁ, ein grober Mantel, Soldatenmantel, sagum, Polyb. 2, 28, 7. 30, 1 u. öfter; das Wort soll gallisch od. celtiberisch sein. Vgl. aber σάγη, σάκος.
