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săgitta, ae, f. [root sagh-; v. sagio].

  1. I. An arrow, shaft, bolt (freq. in prose and poetry; cf.: telum, jaculum): cum arcum mihi et pharetram et sagittas sumpsero, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99: confige sagittis fures thesaurarios, id. Aul. 2, 8, 25; Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89; id. N. D. 2, 50, 126 al.: missiles, Hor. C. 3, 6, 16: celeres, id. ib. 3, 20, 9 et saep.: sagittā Cupido cor meum transfixit, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 25; Lucr. 4, 1278; Tib. 2, 1, 81; Hor. C. 2, 8, 15; 1, 27, 12: sagittam conicere, Verg. A. 4, 69: nervo aptare sagittas, id. ib. 10, 131; Ov. M. 8, 380: savii sagittis per cussus est, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 16 (but the better reading is: ejus saviis perculsus).
  2. II. Meton., of things of a like form.
    1. A. The extreme thin part of a vine-branch or shoot, Col. 3, 10, 22; 3, 17, 2; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.
    2. B. The herb arrow-head, Plin. 21, 17, 68, § 111.
    3. C. In late Lat., an instrument for letting blood, a lancet, Veg. 1, 22, 4; 1, 25, 5; 1, 43, 3, etc.
    4. D. Sagitta, a constellation, the Arrow, Hyg. Astr. 2, 15; 3, 14; Cic. Arat. 382; Col. 11, 2, 21; Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 131; 18, 31, 74, § 309.

săgittārĭus, a, um, adj. [sagitta].

  1. I. Of or belonging to an arrow, arrow-: calamus, good for making arrows, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 166: certamen, with arrows, Dict. Cret. 4, 19.
  2. II. Subst.: săgittārĭus, ii, m.
    1. A. An archer, bowman, a sort of light-armed troops, both foot and horse; usually in the plur., Caes. B. G. 2, 7; 2, 10; 2, 19; 7, 31; Sall. J. 46, 7; Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 18; id. Att. 5, 20, 5; id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Amm. 29, 5, 22.
      In sing., collect.: levis armatura cum equite sagittario, Tac. A. 2, 16 fin.; 13, 40.
    2. B. săgittārii, ōrum, m., arrow-makers, arrow-smiths, Dig. 50, 6, 7.
    3. C. The constellation Sagittarius, or the Archer (otherwise called Arcitenens], Cic. Arat. 525; Hyg. Fab. 124; id. Astr. 2, 27; 3, 26; Plin. 17, 24, 36, § 215; 30, 11, 29, § 97.

săgittātus, a, um, v. sagitto, II.

săgitto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [id.].

  1. I. Neutr., to discharge arrows, to shoot with arrows (post-Aug. for sagittam jacere, etc.): hos equitare et sagittare docent, Just. 41, 2, 5; Curt. 7, 5, 42; Sol. 19 med.; Vulg. Psa. 10, 2; 63, 4.
  2. II. Act., in part. perf.: săgittātus, a, um, shot or wounded with an arrow, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 12 med.; Ambros. de Cain et Abel, 1, 5, 15.