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
- A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...oppidanis desuper e muris propugnari describeret, ita scripsit: "Sagittarius cum funditore utrimque summo studio spargunt fortissime. Sed sagittam..." - L
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..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...comminus resisterent, refugos non sequerentur. in cornibus pedes sagittarius et cetera manus equitum ibat, productior cornu sinistro..."