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 – arrowheads or duck potatoes, now Sagittaria.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Sagittidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Chaetognatha - phylum; Sagittoidea - class; Aphragmophora - order; Ctinodontina - suborder; Sagittidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus in Sagittidae): Sagitta bipunctata, Sagitta bombayensis, Sagitta helenae - accepted species

References

• Sagittidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sagitta (Animalia) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sagitta (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sagitta at World Register of Marine Species
• Sagitta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sagitta at Encyclopedia of Life
• Sagitta at National Center for Biotechnology Information

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Sagitta (“the Arrow”), from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/, /səˈɡɪt.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə

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.

Translations

constellation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天箭座 (zh) (tiānjiànzuò)

• Finnish: Nuoli (fi)
• French: Flèche (fr) f
• German: Pfeil (de) m
• Greek: Βέλος (el) n (Vélos)
• Irish: an tSaighead f
• Malay: Anak Panah
• Polish: Strzała (pl) f
• Russian: Стрела (ru) (Strela)
• Spanish: Sagita

See also

• Sagittarius

References

• “Sagitta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Sagitta”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈɡit.ta/, [s̠äˈɡɪt̪ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈd͡ʒit.ta/, [säˈd͡ʒit̪ːä]

Proper noun

Sagitta f sg (genitive Sagittae); first declension

1. (astronomy) the Arrow, Sagitta

Inflection

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sagitta
Genitive	Sagittae
Dative	Sagittae
Accusative	Sagittam
Ablative	Sagittā
Vocative	Sagitta

Descendants

• → English: Sagitta

Proper noun

Sagitta m sg (genitive Sagittae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Octavius Sagitta, a Roman tribune

Inflection

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sagitta
Genitive	Sagittae
Dative	Sagittae
Accusative	Sagittam
Ablative	Sagittā
Vocative	Sagitta

References

• Sagitta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.