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
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..."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..."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..."