sagittary

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A centaur, half-human and half-horse. archaic
    — the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbers
  2. A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows. capitalized,often
    — 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.
  3. An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer. archaic
    — 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 prevented by thirty thousand Sagittaries; meaning a Bribe of so many[…]

词形变化

sagittaries plural

词源

From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius.
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