sagittifer

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning Sagittarius
Literal translation arrow-bearer
Variants
sagittifer
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Sagittarius zodiac sign

poetic

aestas a Geminis, autumnus Virgine surgit, bruma Sagittifero, ver Piscibus incipit esse.

‘summer comes with the Twins, autumn with the Virgin; winter begins with the Archer, spring with the Fishes.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.266 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 102-103

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sagittifer (Lemma #2093). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2093/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sagittifer (Lemma #2093). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2093/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sagittifer (Lemma #2093). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2093/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) sagittifer (Lemma #2093), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2093/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2093,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sagittifer ({Lemma} #2093)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2093/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2093/},
}