Sagitta
Americannoun
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Sagittae
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sagitta
1695–1705; < Latin: arrow
Example Sentences
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Southern Command boarded the Panama-flagged tanker Sagitta in the Caribbean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The powerful explosion occurred approximately 2.4 billion light-years away from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Sagitta and lasted a few hundred seconds in duration.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024
The Wolf-Rayet star WR 124, about 15,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Sagitta, is one of the first observations made by the James Webb Space Telescope.
From Space Scoop ● Aug. 23, 2023
Named WR 124, it’s found in the constellation Sagitta and lies about 15,000 light-years away from Earth.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 17, 2023
The character and tone of the last Six Books of the Annals exemplified by what is said of Sabina Poppaea, Sagitta, Pontia and Messalina.—III.
From Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by John Wilson Ross
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