sagittarius

See also: Sagittarius

Latin

Etymology

From sagitta (“arrow”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sagittārius (feminine sagittāria, neuter sagittārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. armed with a bow and arrows
  2. of or concerning arrows

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sagittārius sagittāria sagittārium sagittāriī sagittāriae sagittāria
genitive sagittāriī sagittāriae sagittāriī sagittāriōrum sagittāriārum sagittāriōrum
dative sagittāriō sagittāriae sagittāriō sagittāriīs
accusative sagittārium sagittāriam sagittārium sagittāriōs sagittāriās sagittāria
ablative sagittāriō sagittāriā sagittāriō sagittāriīs
vocative sagittārie sagittāria sagittārium sagittāriī sagittāriae sagittāria

Descendants

  • English: sagittary

Noun

sagittārius m (genitive sagittāriī or sagittārī); second declension

  1. archer, bowman
  2. fletcher, arrow-maker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sagittārius sagittāriī
genitive sagittāriī
sagittārī1 		sagittāriōrum
dative sagittāriō sagittāriīs
accusative sagittārium sagittāriōs
ablative sagittāriō sagittāriīs
vocative sagittārie sagittāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

  • “sagittarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sagittarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "sagittarius", 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)
  • sagittarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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