sagittarius
See also: Sagittarius
Latin
Etymology
From sagitta (“arrow”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sa.ɡitˈtaː.ri.us/, [s̠äɡɪt̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.d͡ʒitˈta.ri.us/, [säd͡ʒit̪ˈt̪äːrius]
Adjective
sagittārius (feminine sagittāria, neuter sagittārium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sagittārius | sagittāria | sagittārium | sagittāriī | sagittāriae | sagittāria | |
| Genitive | sagittāriī | sagittāriae | sagittāriī | sagittāriōrum | sagittāriārum | sagittāriōrum | |
| Dative | sagittāriō | sagittāriō | sagittāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | sagittārium | sagittāriam | sagittārium | sagittāriōs | sagittāriās | sagittāria | |
| Ablative | sagittāriō | sagittāriā | sagittāriō | sagittāriīs | |||
| Vocative | sagittārie | sagittāria | sagittārium | sagittāriī | sagittāriae | sagittāria | |
Descendants
- English: sagittary
Noun
sagittārius m (genitive sagittāriī or sagittārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sagittārius | sagittāriī |
| Genitive | sagittāriī sagittārī1 |
sagittāriōrum |
| Dative | sagittāriō | sagittāriīs |
| Accusative | sagittārium | sagittāriōs |
| Ablative | sagittāriō | sagittāriīs |
| Vocative | sagittārie | sagittāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Albanian: shigjetar
- English: Sagittarius, sagittary
- French: sagittaire, Sagittaire
- Italian: sagittario, Sagittario
Related terms
References
- “sagittarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sagittarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sagittarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sagittarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.