sagitta

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) an arrow, shaft, bolt
2. (declension-1, feminine, metonymically) the extreme thin part of a vine branch or shoot
3. (declension-1, feminine, metonymically) the arrowhead (plant of the genus Sagittaria)
4. (Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine, metonymically) a lancet (instrument for bloodletting)

Concepts

arrow

arrowhead

missile

Synonyms

telum

🎯

Translations

flèche

Pfeil

flecha

flecha

freccia

seta

pijl

βέλος

fletxa

سهم

tîr

ok

sageta

σαΐτα

Pronounced as (IPA)

[saˈɡɪt.ta]

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Probably from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language.
A minority view connects it to sāgiō (“to perceive quickly or keenly”).