saccellus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of saccus (“sack, bag; purse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sakˈkel.lus/, [s̠äkˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /satˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [sätˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Noun

saccellus m (genitive saccellī); second declension

1. A small bag.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	saccellus	saccellī
genitive	saccellī	saccellōrum
dative	saccellō	saccellīs
accusative	saccellum	saccellōs
ablative	saccellō	saccellīs
vocative	saccelle	saccellī

Synonyms

• (small bag): cassidīle, sacculus

Derived terms

• sacellārius
• saccellātiō

Related terms

Related terms

• saccārius
• saccātum
• sacceus
• saccibuccis
• saccīnus
• saccipērium
• saccō
• sacculārius
• sacculus
• saccus

Descendants

• English: satchel
• Italian: saccello
• Old French: sachel
• Portuguese: sacelo
• Welsh: sachell

References

• “saccellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saccellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• saccellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.