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săgittārĭus , a, um, adj. sagitta.
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.—
II. Subst.: săgittārĭus , ii, m.
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.—
B. săgittārii , ōrum, m., arrow-makers, arrow-smiths, Dig. 50, 6, 7.—
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.4.10
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    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.16
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