sagio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sāgiō, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out, to track”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I guide, lead”), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan), and English seek.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.ɡi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaː.d͡ʒi.o]

Verb

sāgiō (present infinitive sāgīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

1. to perceive quickly or keenly with the senses
2. to perceive acutely with the intellect
3. to know or to use magic

Conjugation

   Conjugation of sāgiō (fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sāgiō		sāgīs		sāgit		sāgīmus		sāgītis		sāgiunt
	imperfect	sāgiēbam		sāgiēbās		sāgiēbat		sāgiēbāmus		sāgiēbātis		sāgiēbant
	future	sāgiam		sāgiēs		sāgiet		sāgiēmus		sāgiētis		sāgient
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	sāgiam		sāgiās		sāgiat		sāgiāmus		sāgiātis		sāgiant
	imperfect	sāgīrem		sāgīrēs		sāgīret		sāgīrēmus		sāgīrētis		sāgīrent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		sāgī		—		—		sāgīte		—
	future	—		sāgītō		sāgītō		—		sāgītōte		sāgiuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		sāgīre			—			sāgiēns			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		sāgiendī		sāgiendō		sāgiendum		sāgiendō		—		—

Derived terms

• praesāgiō
• sāga
• sāgana
• sagāx
• sāgus

References

• “sagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sagio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.