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Sagitta


Sa-git′ta

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Noun.
[L., an arrow.]
1.
(Astron.)
A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
2.
(Arch.)
The keystone of an arch.
[R.]
Gwilt.
3.
(Geom.)
The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; – so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
[Obs.]
4.
(Anat.)
The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
5.
(Zool.)
A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.

Definition 2024


Sagitta

Sagitta

See also: sagitta

Translingual

Sagitta spp.

Etymology

From Latin sagitta (arrow, arrowshaft, arrowhead (plant))

Proper noun

Sagitta f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittidae – typical marine arrow worms.
  2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – the arrowheads or duck potatoes, now Sagittaria.

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English

Proper noun

Sagitta

  1. (astronomy) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.

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sagitta

sagitta

See also: Sagitta

English

Noun

sagitta (plural sagittas)

  1. The keystone of an arch.
  2. (geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
  3. (anatomy) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.


Latin

duae sagittae (two arrows)

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language. [1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sagitta f (genitive sagittae); first declension

  1. arrow, bolt
  2. (medicine) lancet
  3. (botany) arrowhead, a plant of the genus Sagittaria

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sagitta sagittae
genitive sagittae sagittārum
dative sagittae sagittīs
accusative sagittam sagittās
ablative sagittā sagittīs
vocative sagitta sagittae

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References

  1. “saetta” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2