Sagittarius

See also: sagittarius

Translingual

Sagittarius serpentarius

Etymology

Latin sagittarius (“archer”)

Proper noun

Sagittarius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittariidae – secretary bird, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Accipitriformes – order; Sagittariidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sagittarius serpentarius – sole extant species

References

• Sagittarius (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sagittarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sagittarius serpentarius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Scorpio		Capricorn
English Wikipedia has an article about Sagittarius.

Etymology

From Latin sagittārius (“archer”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsadʒɪˈtɛəɹɪəs/
• (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌsædʒəˈtɛəɹiəs/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌsædʒəˈtɛɹiəs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs

Proper noun

Sagittarius (symbol ♐︎)

2. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer. It contains the stars Kaus Australis and Nunki.
4. (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

• Toxotes

Derived terms

• Sagittarian

Translations

constellation

• Albanian: Shigjetari m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْقَوْس m (burj al-qaws), اَلْقَوْس (ar) m (al-qaws)
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) (Aġeġnavor)
• Azerbaijani: Oxatan
• Breton: Saezher m, Saezhetaer m
• Bulgarian: Стреле́ц m (Streléc)
• Catalan: Sagitari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人馬座 / 人马座 (jan⁴ maa⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 人馬座 / 人马座 (zh) (Rénmǎzuò)

• Cornish: an Sether m
• Danish: Skytten
• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: Sagitario
• Estonian: Ambur
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr) m
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Greek: Τοξότης (el) m (Toxótis)

  Ancient: Τοξότης m (Toxótēs)

• Hebrew: קַשָּׁת (he) m (qashát)
• Hindi: धनु (hi) m (dhanu)
• Hungarian: Nyilas (hu)
• Irish: an Saighdeoir m
• Italian: Sagittario (it) m
• Japanese: 射手座 (ja) (いてざ, iteza)
• Kankanaey: Tikem
• Kazakh: Мерген (Mergen)
• Korean: 궁수(弓手)자리 (gungsujari), 사수(射手)자리 (ko) (sasujari), 인마궁(人馬宮) (inmagung), 기사궁(騎射宮) (gisagung)
• Latin: Sagittarius m, Arcitenens m
• Latvian: Strēlnieks m
• Lithuanian: Šaulys (lt) m
• Macedonian: Стрелец m (Strelec)
• Malay: Pemanah, Kaus, Sagitarius
• Maltese: Saġittarju
• Norwegian: Skytten (no)
• Old English: Sċytta m
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt) m
• Romanian: Săgetătorul m (definite)
• Russian: Стреле́ц (ru) m (Streléc)
• Sanskrit: धनु (sa) m or n (dhanu), धनुष (sa) m (dhanuṣa)
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovak: Strelec m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Spanish: Sagitario (es) m
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Tagalog: Mamamana, Sahitaryo
• Telugu: ధనూరాశి (te) (dhanūrāśi), ధనుస్సు (te) (dhanussu)
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Ukrainian: Стріле́ць (uk) m (Strilécʹ)
• Welsh: y Saethydd m

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Boogskutter
• Albanian: Shigjetari m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْقَوْس m (burj al-qaws), اَلْقَوْس (ar) m (al-qaws)
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) (Aġeġnavor)
• Asturian: Saxitariu, Arqueru
• Azerbaijani: Oxatan
• Breton: Saezher m, Saezhetaer m
• Bulgarian: Стреле́ц m (Streléc)
• Burmese: ဓနု (my) (dha.nu.)
• Catalan: Sagitari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人馬座 / 人马座 (jan⁴ maa⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 人馬座 / 人马座 (zh) (Rénmǎzuò), 射手座 (zh) (Shèshǒuzuò)

• Cornish: an Sether
• Czech: Střelec (cs) m
• Danish: Skytten
• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Estonian: Ambur
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr)
• Georgian: მშვილდოსანი (mšvildosani)
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Greek: Τοξότης (el) m (Toxótis)

  Ancient: Τοξότης m (Toxótēs)

• Hebrew: קַשָּׁת (he) m (qashát)
• Hindi: धनु (hi) m (dhanu)
• Hungarian: Nyilas (hu)
• Irish: an Saighdeoir m
• Italian: Sagittario (it) m
• Japanese: 人馬宮 (ja) (じんばきゅう, jinbakyū)
• Kazakh: Мерген (Mergen)
• Khmer: ធ្នូ (km) (thnuu)
• Latin: Sagittarius m, Arcitenens m
• Luxembourgish: Schëtz m
• Macedonian: стрелец m (strelec)
• Malay: Pemanah, Kaus, Sagitarius
• Maltese: Saġittarju m, Qawwies
• Norwegian: Skytten (no) m

  Bokmål: Skytten (no) m

• Odia: ଧନୁ (or) (dhanu)
• Old English: Sċytta m
• Persian: کمانگیر (fa) (kamângir), نیم‌اسب sg (nīmasb)
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt) m
• Romanian: Săgetător m
• Russian: Стреле́ц (ru) m (Streléc)
• Sanskrit: धनु (sa) m or n (dhanu), धनुष (sa) m (dhanuṣa)
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Spanish: Sagitario (es)
• Swahili: Mshale, Kausi (sw)
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Tagalog: Mamamana, Sahitaryo
• Telugu: ధనుస్సు (te) (dhanussu), ధనూరాశి (te) (dhanūrāśi)
• Thai: ธนู (th) (tá-nuu)
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Ukrainian: Стріле́ць (uk) m (Strilécʹ)
• Welsh: y Saethydd m

Noun

Sagittarius (plural Sagittariuses)

1. (astrology) Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.

   Synonyms: Sagittarian, (informal) Sag, (informal) Saggie

   Antonym: Gemini

Translations

Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

• Bulgarian: стреле́ц (streléc)
• Catalan: sagitari (ca) m or f
• Danish: skytte (da) c
• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Estonian: ambur
• Finnish: jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr)
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Irish: Saighdeoir m
• Macedonian: стрелец m (strelec)
• Norwegian: skytte (no) m
• Old English: Sċytta m
• Portuguese: sagitariano
• Romanian: săgetător (ro) m
• Russian: стреле́ц (ru) m (streléc)
• Spanish: sagitario
• Swedish: skytt (sv) c
• Ukrainian: стріле́ць m (strilécʹ)

See also

Zodiac signs and symbols (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Latin

Etymology

From sagittārius (“archer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sa.ɡɪtˈtaː.ri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sa.d͡ʒitˈtaː.ri.us]
• Hyphenation: Sa‧git‧tā‧ri‧us

Proper noun

Sagittārius m sg (genitive Sagittāriī or Sagittārī); second declension

1. Sagittarius, one of the constellations of the Zodiac

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sagittārius
genitive	Sagittāriī Sagittārī1
dative	Sagittāriō
accusative	Sagittārium
ablative	Sagittāriō
vocative	Sagittārī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

See also

Zodiac signs in Latin · zōdiacus (layout · text)
Ariēs	Taurus	Geminī	Cancer
Leō	Virgō	Lībra	Scorpiō
Sagittārius	Capricornus	Aquārius	Piscēs