sagax
Latin
Etymology
Derived from sāgiō (“I perceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡaːks/, [ˈs̠äɡäːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡaks/, [ˈsäːɡäks]
Adjective
săgāx (genitive săgācis, superlative săgācissimus, adverb sagāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented
- intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | săgāx | săgācēs | săgācia | ||
Genitive | săgācis | săgācium | |||
Dative | săgācī | săgācibus | |||
Accusative | săgācem | săgāx | săgācēs | săgācia | |
Ablative | săgācī | săgācibus | |||
Vocative | săgāx | săgācēs | săgācia |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “sagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sagax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.