sagittarius

Latin > English

sagittarius sagittari(i) N M :: archer, bowman; fletcher, maker of arrows; Archer (constellation/zodiac sign)
sagittarius sagittarius sagittaria, sagittarium ADJ :: armed with bow/arrows; used in/concerned with making/manufacturing arrows

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

săgittārĭus: a, um, adj. sagitta.
I Of or belonging to an arrow, arrow-: calamus, good for making arrows, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 166: certamen, with arrows, Dict. Cret. 4, 19.—
II Subst.: săgittārĭus, ii, m.
   A 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.—
   B săgittārii, ōrum, m., arrow-makers, arrow-smiths, Dig. 50, 6, 7.—
   C 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) săgittārĭus,¹⁵ a, um, propre à faire des flèches : Plin. 16, 166.
(2) săgittārĭus,¹⁰ ĭī, m.,
1 archer : Cæs. G. 2, 7, 1 ; Cic. Phil. 5, 18
2 fabricant de flèches : Dig. 50, 6, 7
3 le Sagittaire [constellation du zodiaque] : Cic. Arat. 34, 279 ; Hyg. Fab. 124.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.