sagittary

Meaning

1. (archaic) A centaur, half-human and half-horse.
2. (capitalized, often) A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.
3. (archaic) An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer.

Synonyms

Sagittarius

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Scutum

zodiac

Archer

Translations

Sagitari

Τοξότης

Sagittaire

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Sagittario

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Boogschutter

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Sagitário

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Sagittarius

Sagitario

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Sagittarius

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsæd͡ʒɪtəɹi/

Etymology

From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius.