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

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): For species see Sagitta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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 National Center for Biotechnology Information

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

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.

Derived terms

• Sagittae

Translations

constellation

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

See also

• Sagittaria
• Sagittarius

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Latin

Etymology

From sagitta (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈɡit.ta/, [s̠äˈɡɪt̪ːä]

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

Proper noun

Sagitta m sg (genitive Sagittae); first declension

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

Declension

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.