sagum

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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.

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Meanings

nounsagum (plural sagums or saga)

plural sagums · plural saga

  1. historicalA 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.

Origin

  1. Latinsagum
  2. Englishsagum

From Latin sagum, perhaps of Gaulish origin.

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Translations

French sayon
  • sayoncloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers
Polish sagum
  • sagumcloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers
Portuguese sago
  • sagocloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

magussugma
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APA

sagum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagum

MLA

“sagum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sagum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sagum.

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