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Saga

(“a wise woman,” cognate with sagax). A sorceress or fortune-teller, one deeply versed in occult lore (Hor. Carm. i. 27, 21), and with no malignity of disposition necessarily implied. For the ancient belief in witches, see the article Striga.

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