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sagum

sagum noun: a cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.

Noun

sagum (plural sagums or saga)

  1. (historical) A cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.

Forms of sagum

pluralsagums
pluralsaga

Origin of sagum

From Latin sagum, perhaps of Gaulish origin.

Questions about sagum

What does sagum mean?
Sagum means a cloak, worn in ancient times by the Gauls, early Germans, and Roman soldiers, made of a rectangular piece of (usually red) coarse cloth and fastened on the right shoulder.
What part of speech is sagum?
Sagum is a noun.
What is the plural of sagum?
The plural of sagum is sagums.

Words near sagum in the dictionary

  1. Saguiaran
  2. saguin
  3. Saguing
  4. saguins
  5. Saguinsinan
  6. sagum
  7. Saguma
  8. sagums
  9. Sagun
  10. Saguns
  11. Saguntine

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