different between sagittarii vs sagittarius

Latin

Adjective

sagitt?ri?

1. nominative masculine plural of sagitt?rius
2. genitive masculine singular of sagitt?rius
3. genitive neuter singular of sagitt?rius
4. vocative masculine plural of sagitt?rius

Noun

sagitt?ri?

1. nominative plural of sagitt?rius
2. genitive singular of sagitt?rius
3. vocative plural of sagitt?rius

References

• sagittarii in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sagittarii in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latin

Etymology

From sagitta (“arrow”) +? -?rius.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sagitt?rius (feminine sagitt?ria, neuter sagitt?rium); first/second-declension adjective

1. armed with a bow and arrows
2. of or concerning arrows

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

• English: sagittary

Noun

sagitt?rius m (genitive sagitt?ri? or sagitt?r?); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

Related terms

References

• sagittarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sagittarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sagittarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sagittarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette