sapientia
See also: Sapientia
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sa.piˈen.ti.a/, [s̠äpiˈɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.piˈen.t͡si.a/, [säpiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Audio (Classical): (file) - Homophone: Sapientia
Noun
sapientia f (genitive sapientiae); first declension
- wisdom, discernment, memory
- science, skilled practice
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sapientia | sapientiae |
Genitive | sapientiae | sapientiārum |
Dative | sapientiae | sapientiīs |
Accusative | sapientiam | sapientiās |
Ablative | sapientiā | sapientiīs |
Vocative | sapientia | sapientiae |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: sapiência (borrowing), sabença
- Romanian: sapiență
- Spanish: sapiencia
- Welsh: sabyddiaeth
References
- “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)
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