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|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 <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, 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 <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, [[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.