sapidus

Latin

Etymology

From sapiō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.dus/, [ˈs̠äpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.dus/, [ˈsäːpid̪us]

Adjective

sapidus (feminine sapida, neuter sapidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. savoury, delicious, tasty
2. (Late Latin) prudent, wise

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sapidus	sapida	sapidum		sapidī	sapidae	sapida
Genitive	sapidī	sapidae	sapidī		sapidōrum	sapidārum	sapidōrum
Dative	sapidō		sapidō		sapidīs
Accusative	sapidum	sapidam	sapidum		sapidōs	sapidās	sapida
Ablative	sapidō	sapidā	sapidō		sapidīs
Vocative	sapide	sapida	sapidum		sapidī	sapidae	sapida

Derived terms

• īnsipidus

Descendants

• North Italian:
  • Ladin: sabe (“clever in a cheeky way”)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • In the sense of 'delicious':

    Franco-Provençal: sado

    Old French: sade (see there for further descendants)

    Old Occitan: sabe

  • In the sense of 'wise':

    Vulgar Latin: *sapium (see there for further descendants)

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: sábio (“wise”)
  • Spanish: sabio (“wise”)
• Borrowings:
  • → English: sapid
  • → French: sapide
  • → Italian: sapido
  • → Portuguese: sápido
  • → Sicilian: sàpitu
  • → Spanish: sápido

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 201

Further reading

• “sapidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sapidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.