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săgīna , ae, f. kindr. with σάττω, to stuff full, to cram; v. sagmen,
I.a stuffing, cramming, fattening, feeding, feasting.
I. Lit.
A. In abstr. (class.): “anserum,Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 1; Col. 6, 27, 9; 8, 14, 11: “gallinarum,Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 140: “cochlearum,id. 9, 56, 82, § 174: vaccarum. Vulg. Ecclus. 38, 27: “dies noctesque estur, Bibitur, neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet: sagina plane est,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79: “in saginam se conicere,id. Trin. 3, 2, 96: qui multitudinem illam non auctoritate sed sagina tenebat, * Cic. Fl. 7, 17; cf. Tac. H. 2, 71.—
B. In concr.
1. Food, nourishment (postAug.).
a. Lit.: “gladiatoria sagina,Tac. H. 2, 88; cf.“, of gladiators' food,Prop. 4 (5), 8, 25.temulentus et sagina gravis,Tac. H. 1, 62: “stomachum laxare saginae,Juv. 4, 67: “sagina viva,” i. e. small fish with which larger ones were fed, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7; cf. Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 14: “ad saginam idonea,Col. 8, 9, 4: “ferarum,Suet. Calig. 27: “minuere saginam,Nemes. Cyn. 166: “ad saginam pristinam revocare,to natural food, Veg. 2, 45, 3: “bestiarum,App. M. p. 148, 27.—
b. Transf.: “herbae viridis coma dulciore saginā roris aut fluminis,rich nourishment, Pall. 7, 3 Mai: “quemadmodum forensibus certaminibus exercitatos et quasi militantes reficit ac reparat haec velut sagina dicendi,nourishment of oratory, Quint. 10, 5, 17.—*
2. A fatted animal: “este, effercite vos, saginam caedite,kill the fatted beast, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 62.—
II. Meton., fatness produced by much eating, corpulence (postAug.): “saginam corporis ex nimiā luxuriā contraxit,Just. 21, 2, 1: “sagina ventris non homini sed beluae similis,id. 38, 8, 9: “qui colorem fuco et verum robur inani saginā mentiuntur,Quint. 2, 15, 25: “nimio tendis mole saginam,Aus. Ephem. 1, 8: “ursam quae ceteris saginā corporis praevalebat,App. M. 4, p. 149, 7.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.3
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 3.2
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 27
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.62
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.71
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.88
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 15.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 5.17
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.27.9
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.14.11
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.9.4
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