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Webster 1913 Edition
Sagittarius
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Sagˊit-ta′ri-us
,Noun.
[L., literally, an archer, fr.
sagittarius
belonging to an arrow, fr. sagitta
an arrow.] (Astron.)
(a)
The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [♐] in almanacs; the Archer.
(b)
A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sagittarius
SAGITTA'RIUS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
See also: sagittarius
Translingual
Etymology
Latin sagittarius (“archer”)
Proper noun
Sagittarius m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittariidae – the secretary bird, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Sagittariidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sagittarius serpentarius - sole extant species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276
English
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Capricorn |
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Proper noun
Sagittarius
- (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer.
- (astrology): The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
constellation
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astrological sign
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Noun
Sagittarius (plural Sagittariuses)
- Someone with a Sagittarius star sign
Antonyms
Translations
Someone with a Sagittarius star sign
See also
sagittarius
sagittarius
See also: Sagittarius
Latin
Adjective
sagittārius m (feminine sagittāria, neuter sagittārium); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | sagittārius | sagittāria | sagittārium | sagittāriī | sagittāriae | sagittāria | |
| genitive | sagittāriī | sagittāriae | sagittāriī | sagittāriōrum | sagittāriārum | sagittāriōrum | |
| dative | sagittāriō | 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); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sagittārius | sagittāriī |
| genitive | sagittāriī | sagittāriōrum |
| dative | sagittāriō | sagittāriīs |
| accusative | sagittārium | sagittāriōs |
| ablative | sagittāriō | sagittāriīs |
| vocative | sagittārie | sagittāriī |
Descendants
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Related terms
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sagittarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.