sagitta (n.)

small northern constellation representing an arrow, 1704, from Latin sagitta "arrow" (see Sagittarius).

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southern constellation; ninth sign of the zodiac, late Old English, from Latin, literally "archer," properly "pertaining to arrows," from sagitta "arrow," which probably is from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language.

Meaning "person born under Sagittarius" is attested from 1940 (properly Sagittarian, which is attested by 1911). The star-picture represents a centaur drawing a bow, scholars suspect it to have been originally a Babylonian god, but to modern observers it only looks vaguely like a teapot.

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sagitta (n.)

any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta;

Sagitta (n.)

a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way;

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