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Sagitta
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Sa-git′ta
,Noun.
[L., an arrow.]
1.
(Astron.)
A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
2.
(Arch.)
The keystone of an arch.
[R.]
Gwilt.
3.
(Geom.)
The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; – so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
[Obs.]
4.
(Anat.)
The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
5.
(Zool.)
A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.
Definition 2024
Sagitta
Sagitta
See also: sagitta
Translingual
Sagitta spp.
Etymology
From Latin sagitta (“arrow, arrowshaft, arrowhead (plant)”)
Proper noun
Sagitta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittidae – typical marine arrow worms.
- (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
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See also: Sagitta
English
Noun
sagitta (plural sagittas)
- The keystone of an arch.
- (geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
- (anatomy) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
Latin
duae sagittae (two arrows)
Etymology
Unknown etymology. Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language. [1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈɡit.ta/
Noun
sagitta f (genitive sagittae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sagitta | sagittae |
| genitive | sagittae | sagittārum |
| dative | sagittae | sagittīs |
| accusative | sagittam | sagittās |
| ablative | sagittā | sagittīs |
| vocative | sagitta | sagittae |
Related terms
Descendants
See also
- arcus m
References
- sagitta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sagitta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SAGITTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sagitta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- sagitta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sagitta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ↑ “saetta” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2