different between sagittarius vs archer

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).t??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???t??/
• Homophone: Archer
• Rhymes: -??(r)t??(r)

Etymology 1

from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Latin arc?rius, alteration of arcu?rius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English s?ytta.

Noun

archer (plural archers)

1. One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

   Synonyms: bowman, crossbowman, marksman, toxophilite, toxotes

2. (historical, obsolete) The bishop in chess.

Derived terms

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See also

Etymology 2

Adjective

archer

1. comparative form of arch: more arch

Anagrams

• charre

French

Etymology

From arche, a variant of arc (“bow”) + -er, or from Middle French archier, from Old French archier, from Late Latin arc?rius, alteration of arcu?rius, from Latin arcus (“bow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.?e/

Noun

archer m (plural archers, feminine archère)

1. archer

Further reading

• “archer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).