sabio

See also: Sabio and sábio

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic الصابئة‎ (al-Ṣābiʼah), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.bjo/
• Rhymes: -abjo
• Hyphenation: sà‧bio

Noun

sabio m (plural sabi, feminine sabia)

1. Sabian

Further reading

• sabio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sapidus, from sapiō (“to be wise”, literally “to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabjo/

Noun

sabio m (plural sabios, feminine singular sabia, feminine plural sabias)

1. someone learned, a wise man; sage
   • c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 64v.

     e el reẏ con ſana q́ auie mando que mataſen todos los ſabios de babilonna e demandaron a danel e aſos conpaneros por matar

     And the king, full of anger, ordered all the wise men of Babylon be put to death, and they sought Daniel and his companions to put them to death.

Related terms

• saber

Descendants

• Spanish: sabio

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sabio, from Latin sapidus, from sapiō (“to be wise”, literally “to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”). Doublet of sápido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabjo/ [ˈsa.β̞jo]
• Rhymes: -abjo
• Syllabification: sa‧bio

Adjective

sabio (feminine sabia, masculine plural sabios, feminine plural sabias)

1. learned

   Synonym: docto

2. prudent; wise

   Synonym: prudente

Noun

sabio m (plural sabios, feminine sabia, feminine plural sabias)

1. learned person
2. wise person

Derived terms

• Siete Sabios

 

Related terms

• saber
• sabiduría f

 

Further reading

• “sabio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014