săgīna (noun F) : kindr. with σάττω, to stuff full, to cram; v. sagmen
* A stuffing, cramming, fattening, feeding, feasting.
* Lit.
* In abstr. (class.): anserum,Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 1; Col. 6, 27, 9; 8, 14, 11: gallinarum,Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 140: cochlearum,id. 9, 56, 82, § 174: vaccarum. Vulg. Ecclus. 38, 27: dies noctesque estur, Bibitur, neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet: sagina plane est,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 79: in saginam se conicere,id. Trin. 3, 2, 96: qui multitudinem illam non auctoritate sed sagina tenebat, * Cic. Fl. 7, 17; cf. Tac. H. 2, 71.
* Meton., fatness produced by much eating, corpulence (postAug.): saginam corporis ex nimiā luxuriā contraxit,Just. 21, 2, 1: sagina ventris non homini sed beluae similis,id. 38, 8, 9: qui colorem fuco et verum robur inani saginā mentiuntur,Quint. 2, 15, 25: nimio tendis mole saginam,Aus. Ephem. 1, 8: ursam quae ceteris saginā corporis praevalebat,App. M. 4, p. 149, 7.
* Food, nourishment (postAug.).
* Lit.: gladiatoria sagina,Tac. H. 2, 88; cf., of gladiators' food,Prop. 4 (5), 8, 25.temulentus et sagina gravis,Tac. H. 1, 62: stomachum laxare saginae,Juv. 4, 67: sagina viva,i. e. small fish with which larger ones were fed,Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7; cf. Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 14: ad saginam idonea,Col. 8, 9, 4: ferarum,Suet. Calig. 27: minuere saginam,Nemes. Cyn. 166: ad saginam pristinam revocare,to natural food,Veg. 2, 45, 3: bestiarum,App. M. p. 148, 27.
* A fatted animal: este, effercite vos, saginam caedite,kill the fatted beast,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 62.