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sagittifer

sagittifer, arrow-bearing

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

sagittifer , a, um: adj. (sagitta and ferō), arrow-bearing, 8.725.
săgittĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [sagittafero].
  • Arrow-bearing (poet.): pharetra, Ov. M. 1, 468; Stat. Ach. 1, 416: Parthi, armed with arrows, archers, Cat. 11, 6; so, Geloni, Verg. A. 8, 725: pecus, i.e. the porcupine, Claud. Hystr. 48.—
  • II = Sagittarius, the constellation of the Archer, Manil. 2, 266; 2, 500; 2, 560.

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