sagittifer

Latin

Etymology

From sagitta (“arrow”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈɡit.ti.fer/, [s̠äˈɡɪt̪ːɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈd͡ʒit.ti.fer/, [säˈd͡ʒit̪ːifer]

Adjective

sagittifer (feminine sagittifera, neuter sagittiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (poetic) arrow-bearing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sagittifer	sagittifera	sagittiferum		sagittiferī	sagittiferae	sagittifera
Genitive	sagittiferī	sagittiferae	sagittiferī		sagittiferōrum	sagittiferārum	sagittiferōrum
Dative	sagittiferō		sagittiferō		sagittiferīs
Accusative	sagittiferum	sagittiferam	sagittiferum		sagittiferōs	sagittiferās	sagittifera
Ablative	sagittiferō	sagittiferā	sagittiferō		sagittiferīs
Vocative	sagittifer	sagittifera	sagittiferum		sagittiferī	sagittiferae	sagittifera

Related terms

• sāgiō
• sagittatus
• sagittārius
• sagittātus
• sagittō
• sagittula

Noun

sagittifer m (genitive sagittiferī); second declension

1. Sagittarius (constellation)
2. (Medieval Latin) bishop (chess piece)

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sagittifer	sagittiferī
Genitive	sagittiferī	sagittiferōrum
Dative	sagittiferō	sagittiferīs
Accusative	sagittiferum	sagittiferōs
Ablative	sagittiferō	sagittiferīs
Vocative	sagittifer	sagittiferī

References

• “sagittifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sagittifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sagittifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.