[ˈsɛ.ɡɛs], [ˈsɛː.d͡ʒes]
OrigoFrom Proto-Indo-European *seg- (“to attach, to touch”). Compare Proto-Germanic *sankilaz (“lace, tie”), Proto-Slavic *sęgati (“to reach”) and Sanskrit सजति (sájati, “to cling to”).
- declension-3, femininea field sown or planted with wheat, oats, or barley
- broadly, declension-3, femininea field of standing or growing wheat, oats, or barley, etc.; a crop
“Nec vērō segetibus sōlum et prātīs et vīneīs et arbustīs rēs rūsticae laetae sunt, sed hortīs etiam et pōmāriīs, tum pecudum pāstū, apium exāminibus, flōrum omnium varietāte.” — Indeed, the joys of country life are not [found] solely in grain fields, meadows, vineyards, and plantations, but also in gardens and orchards; [they are found] in the grazing of cattle, the swarms of
- broadly, declension-3, femininea field, ground, soil; arable land
- declension-3, feminine, figurativelya crop, fruit, produce, result, profit
- declension-3, feminine, figurativelya thicket, forest, multitude
Formaesegetis(genitive) · seges(nominative, singular) · segetēs(nominative, plural) · segetis(genitive, singular) · segetum(genitive, plural) · segetī(dative, singular) · segetibus(dative, plural) · segetem(accusative, singular) · segetēs(accusative, plural) · segete(ablative, singular) · segetibus(ablative, plural) · seges(singular, vocative) · segetēs(plural, vocative)
Fons: Vicitionarium