sagittary
/ˈsæd͡ʒɪtəɹi/
sagittary noun: a centaur, half-human and half-horse.
Noun
sagittary (plural sagittaries)
- A centaur, half-human and half-horse.
- the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbersc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- [...] lion, to tread down all that shall oppose them; and though many sagittaries shall appear in defence of the Lilies, yet shall they not prevail ; because the dull animal of the North shall be put to confusion; and though it be against […] the chief strength of France, consisting of horsemen who...1850, Mother Shipton (Ursula), The Life, Prophecies and Death of the Famous Mother Shipton. [A Reprint of R. Head's Life, 1687. Edited by C. Hindley.], page 14
- A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows.
- Gules, three Sagittaries - or, three torteaux. Stephen's cognizance was a Sagittary, because he entered England when the Sun was in that sign, and was greatly indebted for his success to mounted archers.1825, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Encyclopaedia of antiquities, and elements of archaeology, classical and mediaeval, page 650
- And all beasts azure are armed gules, and vice versa. The Sagittary is well known as the representation of the […]1845, Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Plates and Maps to the Historical and Miscellaneous Divisions, page 608
- An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer.
- Born till Crassus perished by them, at which time a Sagittary was blazoned in their Royal Standard: [...] Darius being stamped on the one side and a Sagittary (his coat-armour) on the other; memorized by Plutarch in the life of Agesilaus, who complained that his design of conquering Asia was...1677, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Years Travels Into Divers Parts of Africa, and Asia the Great, page 301
Proper noun capitalized: Sagittary
Sagittary
- Obsolete form of Sagittarius.
- Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb. The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman. The Sagitary dwelleth in the Thighs and Buttocks; and theſe three are the ſigns of Harveſt.1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 20
Forms of sagittary
| plural | sagittaries |
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Origin of sagittary
From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius.
Questions about sagittary
- What does sagittary mean?
- Sagittary means a centaur, half-human and half-horse.
- What part of speech is sagittary?
- Sagittary can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sagittary?
- Sagittary is pronounced /ˈsæd͡ʒɪtəɹi/.
- What is the plural of sagittary?
- The plural of sagittary is sagittaries.
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