săgittĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [sagittafero].
I 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.