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- wisdom (goal of philosopher, Stoic virtue); judgment/understanding; reason; intelligence
Morphology3 analyses
nominative singularsapienti + a · regular
vocative singularsapienti + a · regular
ablative singularsapienti + a · regular
Lewis & Short
key · sapientia
săpĭentĭa, ae, [sapiens]
I.( sapiens, A.) , good taste, good sense, discernment, discretion, prudence, intelligence (; prudentia): pellitur e medio sapientia, vi geritur res, Enn. (Ann. 272 Vahl.)
II.( sapiens, B.) Wisdom, = (so predominantly in the per., in Cic.): nec quisquam sophiam, sapientia quae perhibetur, In somnis vidit, , Enn. Müll. (Ann. 227 Vahl.); Sophiam vocant me Graii, vos Sapientiam, Afran. ; and: princeps omnium virtutum illa sapientia, quam Graeci vocant. — With — In , sarcastically: qui (sapientes) si virtutes ebullire volent et sapientias, nihil aliud dicent, nisi, (the denoting their perpetual speaking of wisdom), a saying referred to Epicurus.
B., of single departments of knowledge, science, or wisdom, practical wisdom, knowledge of the world, philosophy. — Of jurisprudence — Of eloquence: hanc cogitandi pronunciandique rationem vimque dicendi veteres Graeci sapientiam nominabant. — Of statesmanship, policy — Of mathematics.
Lemma 2săpĭēns
adjective
rational; sane, of sound mind; wise, judicious, understanding; discreet · wise (virtuous) man, sage, philosopher; teacher of wisdom
Morphology3 analyses
neuter nominative pluralsapient + ia · regular
neuter vocative pluralsapient + ia · regular
neuter accusative pluralsapient + ia · regular
Lewis & Short
key · sapiens
săpĭens, entis, P. a.,
and, from sapio.
Lemma 3sapio, sapere, sapiavi
verb
to taste of; to understand; to have sense
Morphology3 analyses
participle present active neuter nominative pluralsapi + entia · regular
participle present active neuter vocative pluralsapi + entia · regular
participle present active neuter accusative pluralsapi + entia · regular
Lewis & Short
key · sapio
săpĭo, īvi or ĭi, 3,
I.and a. [kindr. with and ], to taste, savor; to taste, smack, or savor of, to have a taste or flavor of a thing ( gusto).
II. (so only in a few examples).
1.Of things eaten or drunk. — With an of that of or like which a thing tastes. — : anas plebeium sapit, has a vulgar taste.
2.Of that which tastes, to have a taste or a sense of taste (perh. so used for the sake of the play upon signif. II.).
3., of smell, to smell of or like a thing (: oleo, redoleo; very rare): Cicero, Meliora, inquit, unguenta sunt, quae terram quam crocum sapiunt. Hoc enim maluit dixisse quam redolent. Ita est profecto. — In a lusus verbb. with signif. II.: istic servus quid sapit? Ch. Hircum ab alis.
III.
1.To taste or smell of, savor of,
a.To resemble (late ).
b.To suggest, be inspired by.
c.Altum or alta sapere, to be high-minded or proud.
2.To have good taste, i.e. to have sense or discernment; to be sensible, discreet, prudent, wise, (the predominant signif. in prose and poetry; most in the P. a.).
(a).Neutr.; : hi sapient, *: Ph. Ibo. Pl. Sapis, you show your good sense.
(b)., to know, understand a thing (in good prose usually only with general objects): qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, ; nihil parvum, to occupy one's mind with nothing trivial (with sublimia cures); cum sapimus patruos, i.e. resemble them, imitate them in severity.
3.Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges, are wise behind the time; or, as the saying is, are troubled with afterwit: Müll. — Hence, să-pĭens, entis ( sapiente; sapientum; ), P. a. ( II.), wise, knowing, sensible, well-advised, discreet, judicious ( prudens).
A.; Ruhnk. — With (analogous to gnarus, peritus, ). — : săpĭens, entis, , a sensible, shrewd, knowing, discreet, or judicious person — In a lusus verbb. with the signif. of sapio, I., a person of nice taste: fecundae leporis sapiens sectabitur armos. — As a surname of the jurists Atilius, C. Fabricius, M'. Curius, Ti. Coruncanius, Cato al., under B.
b.Of abstract things.
B.After the predominance of Grecian civilization and literature, particularly of the Grecian philosophy, like well acquainted with the true value of things, wise; and , a wise man, a sage (in Cic. saepiss.): ergo hic, quisquis est, qui moderatione et constantiā quietus animo est sibique ipse placatus ut nec tabescat molestiis nec frangatur timore nec sitienter quid expetens ardeat desiderio nec alacritate futili gestiens deliquescat — of the seven wise men of Greece. — Ironically. — With the Romans, an appellation of Lœlius: te, Laeli, sapientem et appellant et existimant. Tribuebatur hoc modo M. Catoni: scimus L. Atilium apud patres nostros appellatum esse sapientem, sed uterque alio quodam modo: Atilius, qui prudens esse in jure civili putabatur — Hence, : săpĭen-ter, sensibly, discreetly, prudently, judiciously, wisely. — —
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