sagittarius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sagittarius, sagittaria, sagittarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
armed with bow/arrows; used in/concerned with making/manufacturing arrows;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →sagittarius, sagittari(i):
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
archer, bowman; fletcher, maker of arrows; Archer (constellation/zodiac sign);
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...oppidanis desuper e muris propugnari describeret, ita scripsit: "Sagittarius cum funditore utrimque summo studio spargunt fortissime. Sed sagittam..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...satis ponderis quos posset minus obsolefacta corrigere. Sagittarius non aliquando ferire debet, sed aliquando deerrare..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...comminus resisterent, refugos non sequerentur. in cornibus pedes sagittarius et cetera manus equitum ibat, productior cornu sinistro..."
