sagacitas, sagacitatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
keenness (of scent/senses); acuteness/instinct/flair; sagacity/shrewdness (L+S);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | sagacitas | sagacitates |
| Gen. | sagacitatis | sagacitatum, sagacitatium |
| Dat. | sagacitati | sagacitatibus |
| Acc. | sagacitatem | sagacitates |
| Voc. | sagacitas | sagacitates |
| Abl. | sagacitate | sagacitatibus |
Examples
- L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...turpibus, de providentia. Nec intra haec humani ingenii sagacitas sistitur: prospicere et ultra mundum libet, quo feratur, unde..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...magnos canibus circumdare saltus. Omnia enim ista sagacitas hominum, non sapientia invenit. In hoc quoque dissentio, sapientes fuisse..." - L
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...unus est usus, sarcinam ferre; in cane sagacitas prima est, si investigare debet feras, cursus, si consequi, audacia..."