sagittary
See also: Sagittary
English
Etymology
From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsæd͡ʒɪtəɹi/
Noun
sagittary (plural sagittaries)
- a centaur
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene v], lines 15-16:
- the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbers
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- (heraldry) Sagittarius
- (archaic) an archer