sapiens

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin sapiens.

Noun

sapiens

1. Used as a specific epithet.

Derived terms

• Homo sapiens

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] translingual ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin) Homo sapiens, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”).

Noun

sapiens (plural sapiens)

1. Homo sapiens.

Anagrams

• pansies

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.eːns/

Participle

1. discerning, wise, judicious
2. discreet
3. (substantive) a wise man, sage, philosopher
   • Anonymous (Can we date this quote?)

     Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat

     "a wise man asserts nothing which he does not (ap)prove."

Inflection

• comparative: sapientior, superlative: sapientissimus

Descendants

• English: sapient, Homo sapiens
• Italian: sapiente
• Old French: savant, sachant, sapient
• Portuguese: sapiente
• Romanian: sapient

References

• “sapiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sapiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sapiens 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)
• sapiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a wise man is in no way affected by this: hoc nihil ad sapientem pertinet
    
  • it is incompatible with the nature of a wise man; the wise are superior to such things: hoc in sapientem non cadit
    
  • what do we understand by 'a wise man': quem intellegimus sapientem?