Noun: sagitta
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | sagitta |
| Plural | sagittae |
Genitive
| Singular | sagittae |
| Plural | sagittārum |
Dative
| Singular | sagittae |
| Plural | sagittīs |
Accusative
| Singular | sagittam |
| Plural | sagittās |
Ablative
| Singular | sagittā |
| Plural | sagittīs |
Vocative
| Singular | sagitta |
| Plural | sagittae |
Sample Sentences
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Cōnstitit hīc, arcumque manū celerīsque sagittās
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corripuit, fīdus quae tēla gerēbat Achātēs.
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[Aeneas] halted here, and grasped in hand his bow and swift arrows, weapons which were being carried by the faithful Achates.
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(See: Aeneas; Achates (Aeneid).) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.187–188]
Nouns inflected like sagitta
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Unknown etymology. Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language.
2. A minority view connects it to sāgiō (“to perceive quickly or keenly”).
Verbs referencing "sagitta"
English Nouns
sagitta, Galician Nouns
seta, Portuguese Nouns
seta, Irish Nouns
saighead, Old Portuguese Nouns
saeta, Catalan Nouns
sageta, Italian Nouns
saetta, Romanian Nouns
săgeată, Irish Nouns
saighdeoir, Irish Nouns
saighdeoireacht, Irish Nouns
saighdiúir, Spanish Nouns
aspillera, French Nouns
sagette, Old Portuguese Nouns
seeta, Ancient Greek Nouns
σάγαρις, Greek Nouns
σαΐτα.
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