Meaning of sagitta | Babel Free

Definitions

1. an arrow, shaft, bolt
   declension-1, feminine
2. the Arrow, Sagitta
   declension-1, feminine, singular
3. A Roman cognomen — famously held by
   declension-1, masculine, singular
4. the extreme thin part of a vine branch or shoot
   declension-1, feminine, metonymically
5. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   declension-1, masculine, singular
6. Octavius Sagitta, a Roman tribune
   declension-1, masculine, singular
7. the arrowhead (plant of the genus Sagittaria)
   declension-1, feminine, metonymically
8. a lancet (instrument for bloodletting)
   Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine, metonymically

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Examples

“Cōnstitit hīc, arcumque manū celerīsque sagittās corripuit, fīdus quae tēla gerēbat Achātēs. [Aeneas] halted here, and grasped in hand his bow and swift arrows, weapons which were being carried by the faithful Achates. (See: Aeneas; Achates (Aeneid).)”

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