sagitta

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the Arrow
Literal translation arrow
Variants
sagitta
Edited by
the Arrow constellation

Sagitta

In signo Librae parte VIII. oritur Sagitta.

‘At 8° of the sign of Libra rises the Arrow.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.12.1

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.306

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). sagitta (Lemma #1481). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1481/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). sagitta (Lemma #1481). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1481/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). sagitta (Lemma #1481). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1481/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) sagitta (Lemma #1481), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1481/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1481,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {sagitta ({Lemma} #1481)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1481/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1481/},
}