different between sagitta vs sagittal

English

Etymology

From Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

Noun

sagitta (plural sagittas)

1. The keystone of an arch.
2. (geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
3. (anatomy) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sa??it.ta/, [s?ä???t??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa?d??it.ta/, [s??d??it???]

Noun

sagitta f (genitive sagittae); first declension

1. arrow, bolt
2. (medicine) lancet
3. (botany) arrowhead, a plant of the genus Sagittaria

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

See also

• arcus m

References

• sagitta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sagitta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sagitta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sagitta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sagitta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sagitta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From New Latin sagitt?lis, from sagitta (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?j??t?l, IPA^(key): /s??d??t?l/

Adjective

sagittal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) In the direction from dorsal to ventral.
2. Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrow-like appendage.

Derived terms

• ectosagittal
• pseudosagittal
• sagittally
• sagittal plane
• subsagittal

Translations

See also

• coronal

Anagrams

• SLAGIATT, tagtails

German

Etymology

From New Latin sagitt?lis, from Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za???ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

sagittal (not comparable)

1. sagittal

Declension