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sagitta¹

  • /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/

Rhymes with -ɪtə

Where it comes from

Borrowing from Latin sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

noun sagittas · sagittae

  1. The keystone of an arch.
  2. The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
  3. The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
  4. Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.

Sagitta²

  • /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/ UK
  • /səˈɡɪt.ə/ UK
  • /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/ US

Rhymes with -ɪtə

Where it comes from

Borrowing from Latin Sagitta (“the Arrow”), from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

proper noun

  1. A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.

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noun distance from a point in a curve to the chord

中文矢 shǐ

noun arrowworm

中文矢蟲 /矢虫 shǐchóng

name constellation

EspañolSagita
中文天箭座 Tiānjiànzuò
FrançaisFlèche
DeutschPfeil
ΕλληνικάΒέλος Vélos
РусскийСтрела Strela

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@misc{sagitta_2026,
  title = {sagitta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sagitta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}