different between sagittarius vs taxonomy

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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