sapientum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sapio, sapere, sapivi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
taste of; understand; have sense;
gen. pl. pres. act. part. - 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
- C
Thrasybulus
Cornelius Nepos
"...gloria. Bene ergo Pittacus ille, qui in VII sapientum numero est habitus, cum Mytilenaei multa milia iugerum agri..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...dulcius est, bene quam munita tenere edita doctrina sapientum templa serena, despicere unde queas alios passimque videre errare..." - L
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...aequitatem compellereris, tenacissima memoria rettulit, iam omnium praecepta sapientum adsueta sibi facundia explicuit. Nullus itaque melius has adloquendi..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...malo mentem concussa? timore deorum." haec mihi Stertinius, sapientum octavos, amico arma dedit, posthac ne conpellarer inultus. dixerit..."
