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Saccus

（σάκκος). Any kind of sack or bag.

1.

A purse for holding money, especially a beggar's wallet.

2.

A net for the hair. (See Coma.)

3.

A sieve for straining wine (saccus vinarius); also called simply linum (Mart.xiv. 103) or lintea (id. xiv. 104).

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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