‖ sagum Roman Antiq.
(ˈseɪgəm)
Pl. saga.
[L.; also sagus, = late Gr. σάγος: said to be of Gaulish origin.]
A Roman military cloak; also, a woollen cloak worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Spaniards.
| 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Sagum, a sort of Woollen Coat or Cassock for Soldiers, which the Greeks and Romans us'd, and was peculiar to the Gauls. 1800 J. Dallaway Anecd. Arts Eng. 399 A statue of Colonel Codrington..in a Roman military Sagum. 1851–9 Prichard in Man. Sci. Enq. 261 The Germans [were known] by their saga or military cassocks. 1879 Farrar St. Paul (1883) 701 The scarlet sagum of the Procurator. |