sagittary
Meanings
noun
- A centaur, half-human and half-horse.
- A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.
- An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer.
name
- Obsolete form of Sagittarius.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius.
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