sagitta

See also Sagitta

English

Etymology

From Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Latin

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duae sagittae (two arrows)

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /saˈɡit.ta/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

sagitta (genitive sagittae); f, first declension

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

Inflection

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

Related terms

sāgiō Sagitta sagittārius sagittātus

sagittifer sagittō sagittula

Descendants

Albanian: shigjetë Aromanian: sãdzeatã Catalan: sageta English: sagitta Esperanto: sago French: sagette Friulian: saete Galician: seta Irish: saighead Italian: saetta, sagitta Manx: side

Occitan: sageta Old French: saiete Old Irish: saiget Old Portuguese: saeta Portuguese: seta Romanian: săgeată Romansch: sajetta Scottish Gaelic: saighead Spanish: saeta Volapük: sagit Welsh: saeth

See also

• arcus m