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a combining form used in the names of severely malformed, usually nonviable, conjoined twins, with the site of attachment specified by the initial element: thoracopagus.

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Origin of -pagus

<New Latin <Greek págos fixation, something fixed or solid

Words nearby -pagus

pagoda, pagoda tree, Pago Pago, pagurian, pagurid, -pagus, pah, Pahang, Pahari, pahautea, Pahlavi

How to use -pagus in a sentence

Several manses composed a march; and several marches formed a pagus or district.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam
The pagus seems to have generally been divided into hundreds (centenae).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8|Various
The name was a development from Pagus Legionensis, a large military colony having been quartered there in Roman times.
Rambles in Brittany|Francis Miltoun
Gregory of Tours is the first historian who makes mention of the ancient Pagus Blensensis.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country|Francis Miltoun

The Breisgau, originally a pagus or gau of the Frankish empire, was ruled during the middle ages by hereditary counts.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4|Various