sacoma

Latin

Etymology

From the Doric Greek σᾱ́κωμᾰ (sā́kōma) form of σήκωμα (sḗkōma, “standard weight, counterpoise”), from σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure, pen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saːˈkoː.ma/, [s̠äːˈkoːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈko.ma/, [säˈkɔːmä]

Noun

sācōma n (genitive sācōmatis); third declension

1. counterpoise, counterweight

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	sācōma	sācōmata
genitive	sācōmatis	sācōmatum
dative	sācōmatī	sācōmatibus
accusative	sācōma	sācōmata
ablative	sācōmate	sācōmatibus
vocative	sācōma	sācōmata

Synonyms

• (counterpoise): lībrāmentum

Derived terms

• sācōmārius

Related terms

• sācōmārium

Descendants

• → Italian: sagoma

References

• “sacoma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacoma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.