Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Sacoma

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SACO'MA (σήκωμα). A counterpoise; properly a Greek word Latinised (Vitruv. ix. Praef. 9.), for which the Roman expression is AEQUIPONDIUM, where see the illustration.