sagax

Latin

Etymology

From sāgiō (“I perceive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡaːks/, [ˈs̠äɡäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡaks/, [ˈsäːɡäks]

Adjective

sagāx (genitive sagācis, superlative sagācissimus, adverb sagāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented
2. intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious
3. (rare) magical

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sagāx			sagācēs	sagācia
Genitive	sagācis			sagācium
Dative	sagācī			sagācibus
Accusative	sagācem	sagāx		sagācēs	sagācia
Ablative	sagācī			sagācibus
Vocative	sagāx			sagācēs	sagācia

Derived terms

• sagācitās
• sagāciter

Descendants

• Catalan: sagaç
• French: sagace
• Galician: sagaz
• Italian: sagace
• Portuguese: sagaz
• Romanian: sagace
• Spanish: sagaz

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.