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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>săgittārĭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[sagitta]].<br /><b>I</b> Of or belonging to an [[arrow]], [[arrow]]-: [[calamus]], [[good]] for [[making]] arrows, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 166: [[certamen]], [[with]] arrows, Dict. Cret. 4, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.: săgittārĭus, ii, m.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> An [[archer]], [[bowman]], a [[sort]] of [[light]]-[[armed]] [[troops]], [[both]] [[foot]] and [[horse]]; [[usually]] in the plur., Caes. B. G. 2, 7; 2, 10; 2, 19; 7, 31; Sall. J. 46, 7; Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 18; id. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Amm. 29, 5, 22.—In sing., [[collect]].: [[levis]] [[armatura]] cum equite sagittario, Tac. A. 2, 16 fin.; 13, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> săgittārii, ōrum, m., [[arrow]]-makers, [[arrow]]-smiths, Dig. 50, 6, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[constellation]] Sagittarius, or the Archer ([[otherwise]] called [[Arcitenens]], Cic. Arat. 525; Hyg. Fab. 124; id. Astr. 2, 27; 3, 26; Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 215; 30, 11, 29, § 97.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>săgittārĭus</b>,¹⁵ a, um, propre à faire des flèches : Plin. 16, 166.<br />(2) <b>săgittārĭus</b>,¹⁰ ĭī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> archer : Cæs. G. 2, 7, 1 ; Cic. Phil. 5, 18<br /><b>2</b> fabricant de flèches : Dig. 50, 6, 7<br /><b>3</b> le Sagittaire [constellation du zodiaque] : Cic. Arat. 34, 279 ; Hyg. Fab. 124.
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{{Georges
|georg=sagittārius, a, um ([[sagitta]]), zu den Pfeilen [[gehörig]], [[Pfeil]]-, I) adi.: [[calamus]], [[dienlich]] zu Pfeilen, Plin.: [[certamen]], Dict. Cret. – II) subst., sagittārius, iī, m., 1) (sc. [[faber]]) der Pfeile macht, der Pfeilschmied, Aurel. Arcad. dig. 50, 6, 6. – 2) der Bogenschütze, a) eig., Cic. u. Caes.: sagittarii equites, B. zu Pferde, berittene B., Curt.: (dass. Sing. kollekt., [[eques]] [[sagittarius]], Tac.): [[pedites]] sagittarii, B. zu [[Fuß]], Tac. – b) übtr., der [[Schütze]], [[ein]] [[Gestirn]], [[sonst]] [[arcitenens]] [[gen]]., Cic. Arat., Plin. u.a.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=sagittarius sagittari(i) N M :: archer, bowman; fletcher, maker of arrows; Archer (constellation/zodiac sign)<br />sagittarius sagittarius sagittaria, sagittarium ADJ :: armed with bow/arrows; used in/concerned with making/manufacturing arrows
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