Latin hw help

[rottengreentomatoes]

Can someone please take pity on me and translate:
poeta saggittas non amat sed pugnat.

DD’s Latin revision. We know it’s something to do with ‘poet not loving fighting but spears’ but we just can’t quite make it make sense.
Thank you

[badpuma]

I think it is he does not love arrows but he fights - I.e he doesn't love fighting but does it anyway.

[AliceWhiteRabbit]

The poet does not love the arrows but he fights

[rottengreentomatoes]

Thank you

[Golfinches]

Does she have the SPQR app? It helps with parsing if she gets stuck on a translation

[rottengreentomatoes]

@Golfinches no she doesn’t. Just a text book. Maybe it’s worth us getting it. Her vocab is ok but it was late and we both just wanted to go to bed so I said I’d ask a friend!