different between sagittarius vs scorpio

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• scorpios
• scorpius

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?skor.pi.o?/, [?s?k?rpio?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?skor.pi.o/, [?sk?rpi?]

Noun

scorpi? m (genitive scorpi?nis); third declension

1. a scorpion
2. a kind of prickly sea fish, possibly the scorpionfish or sculpin
3. a kind of prickly plant
4. (military) scorpion, a small catapult

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

References

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