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Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek σαγίτα (sagíta), σαγίττα (sagítta), σαΐτα (saḯta), σαΐττα (saḯtta), from Koine Greek σαγίττα (sagítta), from Latin sagitta.
Noun
σαΐτα • (saḯta) f (plural σαΐτες)
- arrow
- Synonym: βέλος (vélos)
- paper aeroplane, paper airplane
- shuttle (of a loom)
- Synonym: κερκίδα (kerkída) (formal)
- Dahl's whip snake (Platyceps najadum)
- (archaic) slingshot
- Synonym: σφεντόνα (sfentóna)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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σαΐτα (saḯta)
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σαΐτες (saḯtes)
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| genitive
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σαΐτας (saḯtas)
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σαϊτών (saïtón)
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| accusative
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σαΐτα (saḯta)
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σαΐτες (saḯtes)
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| vocative
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σαΐτα (saḯta)
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σαΐτες (saḯtes)
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Derived terms
References
- σαΐτα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- σαΐτα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN, page 1561f..
- Kriaras, E. G., Kazazis, I. N. (2014) “σαγίτ(τ)α”, in Λεξικό της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας. 1100–1669 [Lexikó tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías. 1100–1669] (in Greek), volume 19 ραβι–σιργ, Thessaloniki, page 329ff.
- Dickey, Eleanor (2023) Latin loanwords in Ancient Greek: A lexicon and analysis, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 404f.