sapientium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sapio, sapere, sapivi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
taste of; understand; have sense;
gen. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →sapientia, sapientiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wisdom (goal of philosopher, Stoic virtue); judgment/understanding; reason;; prudence, discretion, discernment (L+S); good sense; good taste; intelligence;
gen. pl. - Entry →sapiens, sapientis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wise (virtuous) man, sage, philosopher; teacher of wisdom;
gen. pl. - Entry →sapiens, sapientis (gen.), sapientior -or -us, sapientissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rational; sane, of sound mind; wise, judicious, understanding; discreet;
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quod necet segetem. Hoc quoque opus ait esse sapientium, tamquam non nunc quoque plurima cultores agrorum nova inveniant..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...illum pervenisse maeremus; et fortasse, si modo vera sapientium fama est recipitque nos locus aliquis, quem putamus perisse..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...dico: disputationes et litterata colloquia et ex praeceptis sapientium verba collecta et eruditus sermo non ostendunt verum robur..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...incipis esse mentis tuae, interim hoc consilio sapientium utere, ut magis ad rem existimes pertinere quis quam quid..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Platon et Aristoteles et omnis in diversum itura sapientium turba plus ex moribus quam ex verbis Socratis traxit..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...grauem sentit nisi qui putat, uti tantum praeceptis sapientium, primum aspice quanto maior pars sit pauperum, quos nihilo..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...insanire ac per risum furere. 2. At contra sapientium remissae uoluptates et modestae ac paene languidae sunt compressaeque..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...scripserunt. Lacedaemonium Chilonem, virum ex illo incluto numero sapientium, scriptum est in libris eorum, qui vitas resque gestas..."
