sack
sack
subs.
Ar. σάκκος, ὁ, P. and V. ἀσκός, ὁ, θύ̄λᾰκος, ὁ (Eur. Cycl.).
Pillage: P. and V. ἁρπά̆γη, ἡ, or pl. in V., P. πόρθησις, ἡ.
Capture: P. and V. ἅ̆λωσις, ἡ.
subs.
Ar. σάκκος, ὁ, P. and V. ἀσκός, ὁ, θύ̄λᾰκος, ὁ (Eur. Cycl.).
Pillage: P. and V. ἁρπά̆γη, ἡ, or pl. in V., P. πόρθησις, ἡ.
Capture: P. and V. ἅ̆λωσις, ἡ.
sack
v. trans.
P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, διᾰπορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, διαρπάζειν, σῡλᾶν, φέρειν, λῄζεσθαι, P. ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, λῃστεύειν, διαφορεῖν, V. πέρθειν, ἐκπέρθειν (also Plat. but rare P.); see plunder.
Sack in return: V. ἀντῐπορθεῖν.
v. trans.
P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, διᾰπορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, διαρπάζειν, σῡλᾶν, φέρειν, λῄζεσθαι, P. ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, λῃστεύειν, διαφορεῖν, V. πέρθειν, ἐκπέρθειν (also Plat. but rare P.); see plunder.
Sack in return: V. ἀντῐπορθεῖν.
SACK
s. saccus (general term): culeus (especially a leathern sack or bag such as that in which criminals were sewn up and thrown into the sea Cic. Inv. 2 50 149). A little sack sacculus (Juv. saccellus Petr.): to put into sacks infundere ingerere indere in saccos.
s. saccus (general term): culeus (especially a leathern sack or bag such as that in which criminals were sewn up and thrown into the sea Cic. Inv. 2 50 149). A little sack sacculus (Juv. saccellus Petr.): to put into sacks infundere ingerere indere in saccos.
v. vastare: devastare: populari depopulari (stronger than vastare): exinanire (litterally to make empty; e.g. domos; reges atque omnes gentes Cic.): everrere et extergere (litterally to sweep clean; fanum).
sack (subs.):
I. A large strong bag:
1. saccus, i, m. (σάκκος), gen. of cloth: a mule was carrying sacks bulging out with a quantity of barley, tumentes multo saccos hordeo, Phaedr. 2, 7, 3: Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, 95.
2. cūlĕus or culleus, i, m. (κολεός, Ion. κουκεός, a sheath), of leather, for holding liquids: Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 78: esp. the sack in which a parricide was sewn up for execution, Cic. Inv 2, 50, 149: Suet. Aug. 33 Juv. 8, 214: sewn up in a sack, insutus in culeum ... vitam amittere, Cic. R. Am. 11, 30.
3. follĭcŭlus, a small sack: v.BAG .
II. A measure of coals, corn, etc.: saccus, the gen. term, is best, as our sack is variable: the culeus (= 20 amphorae, nearly 119 galls.) is too large, and was a liquid measure: when definite (e. g. = 4 bushels of corn), say xxxii. modii.
III. A woman's loose robe, also, a dress of sackcloth, saccus: Hier. Ep. 44.
IV. The taking and pillaging of a city or territory, dīreptio, ōnis, f.: the storming and sack of a town, expugnatio d.que oppidi, Suet. Cl. 21 the pillage and sack of the allies, expilatio direptioque sociorum, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75: v.PILLAGE .
V. A sweet white wine (the name is said to be derived from Xeque, in Morocco), old gen. name of Spanish white wines, esp. Sherris (i. e. Xeres) sack, now sherry, and Canary sack (Shaksp.): vinum Hispanicum, *Canariense, or gen. vinum.
I. A large strong bag:
1. saccus, i, m. (σάκκος), gen. of cloth: a mule was carrying sacks bulging out with a quantity of barley, tumentes multo saccos hordeo, Phaedr. 2, 7, 3: Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, 95.
2. cūlĕus or culleus, i, m. (κολεός, Ion. κουκεός, a sheath), of leather, for holding liquids: Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 78: esp. the sack in which a parricide was sewn up for execution, Cic. Inv 2, 50, 149: Suet. Aug. 33 Juv. 8, 214: sewn up in a sack, insutus in culeum ... vitam amittere, Cic. R. Am. 11, 30.
3. follĭcŭlus, a small sack: v.
II. A measure of coals, corn, etc.: saccus, the gen. term, is best, as our sack is variable: the culeus (= 20 amphorae, nearly 119 galls.) is too large, and was a liquid measure: when definite (e. g. = 4 bushels of corn), say xxxii. modii.
III. A woman's loose robe, also, a dress of sackcloth, saccus: Hier. Ep. 44.
IV. The taking and pillaging of a city or territory, dīreptio, ōnis, f.: the storming and sack of a town, expugnatio d.que oppidi, Suet. Cl. 21 the pillage and sack of the allies, expilatio direptioque sociorum, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75: v.
V. A sweet white wine (the name is said to be derived from Xeque, in Morocco), old gen. name of Spanish white wines, esp. Sherris (
sack (v. a.):
I. Obsol., to put into a sack (or sacks), *in saccum (saccos) condere.
II. To plunder and lay waste (esp. a city taken by storm).
1. dīrĭpio, ui, eptum, 3: to s. a town, oppidum d., Caes. B.C. 1, 21: to s. houses, tecta d., Liv. 5, 41: to s. temples, d. templa hostiliter, id. 37, 21: (the soldiers) dispersed to s. the city, ad diripiendam urbem passim discurrerunt: (but Aemilius recalled them, saying) that cities are s.'d when taken, not when surrendered, captas, non deditas, diripi urbes, id. 37, 32, fin.
2. vasto, 1 (esp. of a country, as, I'll sack this country with a mutiny, Shaksp.): v. Italiam, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13 partem provinciae incursionibus, Caes. B. G. 5, 1.
3. pŏpŭlor, 1: (also of a country and lands: e. g. What barbarous invader sacked the land? Denham) noctu populabatur agros, Cic. Off. 1, 10, fin.
4. spŏlio, 1: spoliatis effossisque domibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 42: s. fana sociorum, Cic. Sul. 25, fin.: delubra, Sall. C. 11: v.PILLAGE , PLUNDER .
I. Obsol., to put into a sack (or sacks), *in saccum (saccos) condere.
II. To plunder and lay waste (esp. a city taken by storm).
1. dīrĭpio, ui, eptum, 3: to s. a town, oppidum d., Caes. B.C. 1, 21: to s. houses, tecta d., Liv. 5, 41: to s. temples, d. templa hostiliter, id. 37, 21: (the soldiers) dispersed to s. the city, ad diripiendam urbem passim discurrerunt: (but Aemilius recalled them, saying) that cities are s.'d when taken, not when surrendered, captas, non deditas, diripi urbes, id. 37, 32, fin.
2. vasto, 1 (esp. of a country, as, I'll sack this country with a mutiny, Shaksp.): v. Italiam, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13 partem provinciae incursionibus, Caes. B. G. 5, 1.
3. pŏpŭlor, 1: (also of a country and lands: e. g. What barbarous invader sacked the land? Denham) noctu populabatur agros, Cic. Off. 1, 10, fin.
4. spŏlio, 1: spoliatis effossisque domibus, Caes. B. G. 3, 42: s. fana sociorum, Cic. Sul. 25, fin.: delubra, Sall. C. 11: v.
sack
Sack of Ilium
- poem by Lescheos: Paus. 10.25.5
- poem by Stesichorus: Paus. 10.26.1, Paus. 10.27.2
- of Ilium: Apollod. E.6.15, Apollod. E.6.15