sacculus

Etymology

From Latin sacculus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsakjʊləs/

Noun

sacculus (plural sacculi)

1. (obsolete) A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
     , II.4.1.v:

     Sacculi, or little bags of herbs, flowers, seeds, roots, and the like, applied to the head […].

2. (anatomy, biology) A small sac.

Etymology

Diminutive of saccus (“sack, bag, purse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.ku.lus/, [ˈsak.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

sacculus m (genitive sacculī); second declension

1. A small bag or sack; purse, sachet.

References

• sacculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sacculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus, WikiBooks. URL accessed on 2009-05-16.