sapientia
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See also: Sapientia
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.piˈen.ti.a/, [s̠äpiˈɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.piˈen.t͡si.a/, [säpiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
- Homophone: Sapientia
Noun[edit]
sapientia f (genitive sapientiae); first declension
- wisdom, discernment, memory
- Synonyms: prūdentia, calliditās
- Antonyms: īnsapientia, imprūdentia, stupiditās, ineptitūdō, sōcordia, inertia, stultitia
- science, skilled practice
- Synonyms: cognitiō, ērudītiō, scientia, disciplīna
- Antonym: ignōrantia
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sapientia | sapientiae |
| Genitive | sapientiae | sapientiārum |
| Dative | sapientiae | sapientiīs |
| Accusative | sapientiam | sapientiās |
| Ablative | sapientiā | sapientiīs |
| Vocative | sapientia | sapientiae |
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References[edit]
- “sapientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sapientia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sapientia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sapientia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote oneself to philosophy: se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4)
- to be enamoured of philosophy: philosophiae (sapientiae) studio teneri (Acad. 1. 2. 4)
- to give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one: primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedere
- to devote oneself to philosophy: se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4)