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) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ɡi.oː/, [ˈs̠äːɡioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.d͡ʒi.o/, [ˈsäːd͡ʒio]

Verb

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

1. to perceive quickly or keenly with the senses
2. to perceive acutely with the intellect

Conjugation

Conjugation of sāgiō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sāgīre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		sāgiēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sāgiendī	sāgiendō	sāgiendum	sāgiendō	—	—

Derived terms

• praesāgiō
• sagāx
• sāga
• sāgana
• 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.