pagus

Latin pāgus

pagus (plural pagi)

1. (historical) A country district with scattered hamlets.
2. (historical) The fortified centre of such a district.
3. (historical) Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred.

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pagus

1. conditional of pagi

From Proto-Italic *pāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Perhaps "a space with fixed boundaries". See related terms. Compare the meaning, "region", of fīnis again perhaps of a root meaning "to fix".

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.ɡus/, [ˈpäːɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡus/, [ˈpäːɡus]

pāgus m (genitive pāgī); second declension

1. district, province, region, canton
2. area outside of a city, countryside; rural community
3. country or rural people
4. clan
5. (Medieval Latin) village
6. (Medieval Latin) territory

Second-declension noun.

• pāgānus
  • pāgānicus
  • pāgānismus
  • pāgānitās
• pāgātim
• pāgēnsis

• “pagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pagus 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)
• pagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pagus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “pagus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pagus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “pagus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “pagus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin