saccus

Etymology

From Latin saccus (“sack, bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic.

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.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.

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.

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)
• saccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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