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Latin
Etymology
From sagitta (“arrow”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
sagittula f (genitive sagittulae); first declension
- (diminutive of sagitta) a little arrow
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “sagittula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sagittula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- sagittula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016