Sarcina, næ, f. g. pen. cor. Plaut.A trufse or packe: a fardell. An vnproficable burden.Sarcinam imponam seni. Plant. Sub sarcinis adorirì milites. Cæsa. To assaile souldionts as they are troubled with cariage.Magna sarcina.Ouid.Colligere sarcinas dicuntur milites.To trusse and gather togither bagge and baggage.Constringere sarcinam.Plaut.To trusse vp a packe.Relictæ sine hærede sarcinæ. Quint Goods or stuffe trussed vp in coffers, appointed to no heire.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sarcĭna, ae, f. [id.]. I.Lit., a package, bundle, burden, load, pack; more freq. in the plur., luggage (class. only in the plur.; not in Cic.); sing.: quid ego nunc agam? nisi uti sarcinam constringam et clipeum ad dorsum accommodem, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 93; 2, 4, 195: sarcinam inponam seni, id. Most. 2, 1, 83: essem militiae sarcina fida tuae, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 46: gravis, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 6; Petr. 117, 11.—In plur.: sarcinas colligere, Sall. J. 97, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 24; 7, 18; id. B. C. 1, 59; 3, 76; Tac. A. 1, 23; Phaedr. 2, 7, 1; 4, 2, 5.—Esp. of the baggage of soldiers on the march, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 2, 17; Liv. 44, 38; Hirt. B. Afr. 69: sub sarcinis aggredi, id. B. G. 8, 27.—Poet., of the fruit of the womb: Ismenos, qui matri sarcina quondam Prima suae fuerat, Ov. M. 6, 224: sarcinam effundere, Phaedr. 3, 15, 6.—II.Trop. (Ovid.), a burden, weight of cares, troubles, griefs, Ov. H. 4, 24; id. P. 3, 7, 14. —Of government, Ov. P. 1, 2, 101: sarcina sum (tibi), id. Tr. 5, 6, 5.