Middle English Dictionary Entry
saccus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | saccus n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sak n.
1.
Anat. The caecum.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/b : It is called also saccus [Ch.(2): saccus, a sek; L saccus] to þe maner of þe stomac, siþ it is the toþer stomac.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)66a/a : Summe off þes veines..ben continued..wiþ þe gutte þat is cleped yleon oþer þe smale guttes and oþer wiþ gutte þat is cleped orobus oþer saccus.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)38b/b : The fourþe gutt is callid Orobus, þe which is callid saccus or monaculus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. saccus.