LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

sagittārius1

sagittārius (feminine sagittāria, neuter sagittārium)
Classical[sa.ɡɪtˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[sa.d͡ʒitˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivearmed with a bow and arrows
  2. adjectiveof or concerning arrows

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesagittāriussagittāriasagittārium
genitivesagittāriīsagittāriaesagittāriī
dativesagittāriōsagittāriaesagittāriō
accusativesagittāriumsagittāriamsagittārium
ablativesagittāriōsagittāriāsagittāriō
vocativesagittāriesagittāriasagittārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesagittāriīsagittāriaesagittāria
genitivesagittāriōrumsagittāriārumsagittāriōrum
dativesagittāriīssagittāriīssagittāriīs
accusativesagittāriōssagittāriāssagittāria
ablativesagittāriīssagittāriīssagittāriīs
vocativesagittāriīsagittāriaesagittāria

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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin sagittārius From sagitta (“arrow”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

In English words that came into English from sagittārius

  • sagittarysagittārius
noun · masculinesecond declension
sagittārius2
sagittārius m (genitive sagittāriī or sagittārī)
Classical[sa.ɡɪtˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[sa.d͡ʒitˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. archer, bowman
  2. fletcher, arrow-maker

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesagittāriussagittāriī
genitivesagittāriī
sagittārī		sagittāriōrum
dativesagittāriōsagittāriīs
accusativesagittāriumsagittāriōs
ablativesagittāriōsagittāriīs
vocativesagittāriesagittāriī

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

sagittārius ī, m
sagitta, an archer, bowman : sagittarios et funditores mittit, the light-armed troops , Cs.: barbari.—Fig.: de uno sagittario queri, one skirmisher.—The constellation Sagittarius, the Archer .

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin sagittārius From sagitta (“arrow”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Borrowings
  • Englishsagittary
  • EnglishSagittarius
  • Frenchsagittaire
  • FrenchSagittaire
  • Italiansagittario
  • ItalianSagittario
  • PortugueseSagitário
  • Romaniansagitar
  • SpanishSagitario
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseseteiro
  • Spanishsaetero
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniansăgetar
  • Albanianshigjetar
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansaettaio

In English words that came into English from sagittārius

  • Sagittariussagittārius
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Sagittārius3
Sagittārius m sg (genitive Sagittāriī or Sagittārī)
Classical[sa.ɡɪtˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[sa.d͡ʒitˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. Sagittarius, one of the constellations of the Zodiac

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeSagittārius—
genitiveSagittāriī
Sagittārī		—
dativeSagittāriō—
accusativeSagittārium—
ablativeSagittāriō—
vocativeSagittārī—

Origins

From sagittārius (“archer”).

Quick answers

What does sagittārius mean in Latin?
sagittārius, a adjective, means “armed with a bow and arrows; of or concerning arrows”.
How do you pronounce sagittārius?
In classical Latin, [sa.ɡɪtˈtaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sa.d͡ʒitˈtaː.ri.us].