serrago

Latin

Etymology

serra (saw) +‎ -āgō

Noun

serrāgō f (genitive serrāginis); third declension

  1. sawdust

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative serrāgō serrāginēs
genitive serrāginis serrāginum
dative serrāginī serrāginibus
accusative serrāginem serrāginēs
ablative serrāgine serrāginibus
vocative serrāgō serrāginēs

Descendants

  • Portuguese: serragem
  • Spanish: serrín

References

  • serrago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "serrago", 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)
  • serrago”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.