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sapio

See also: Sapio

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *sapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁p-i- (“to notice”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”). Cognate with Old English sefa (“mind, spirit, mood”) and possibly with Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wisdom”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sapiō (present infinitive sapere, perfect active sapīvī or sapiī or sapuī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to have taste, have flavour
  2. (transitive) to taste of, taste like, smack of, have a flavour of
    Synonym: lambō
  3. (figurative, intransitive) to have good taste; have sense, discernment; be sensible, discreet, prudent, wise
    Synonyms: sentiō, percipiō
  4. (figurative, transitive) to know, understand (mostly with general objects)
  5. (Early Medieval Latin) to know how to do; to be able to do

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of sapiō (third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sapiō sapis sapit sapimus sapitis sapiunt
imperfect sapiēbam sapiēbās sapiēbat sapiēbāmus sapiēbātis sapiēbant
future sapiam sapiēs sapiet sapiēmus sapiētis sapient
perfect sapīvī,
sapiī,
sapuī 		sapīvistī,
sapiistī,
sapuistī 		sapīvit,
sapiit,
sapuit 		sapīvimus,
sapiimus,
sapuimus 		sapīvistis,
sapiistis,
sapuistis 		sapīvērunt,
sapīvēre,
sapiērunt,
sapiēre,
sapuērunt,
sapuēre
pluperfect sapīveram,
sapieram,
sapueram 		sapīverās,
sapierās,
sapuerās 		sapīverat,
sapierat,
sapuerat 		sapīverāmus,
sapierāmus,
sapuerāmus 		sapīverātis,
sapierātis,
sapuerātis 		sapīverant,
sapierant,
sapuerant
future perfect sapīverō,
sapierō,
sapuerō 		sapīveris,
sapieris,
sapueris 		sapīverit,
sapierit,
sapuerit 		sapīverimus,
sapierimus,
sapuerimus 		sapīveritis,
sapieritis,
sapueritis 		sapīverint,
sapierint,
sapuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present sapiam sapiās sapiat sapiāmus sapiātis sapiant
imperfect saperem saperēs saperet saperēmus saperētis saperent
perfect sapīverim,
sapierim,
sapuerim 		sapīverīs,
sapierīs,
sapuerīs 		sapīverit,
sapierit,
sapuerit 		sapīverīmus,
sapierīmus,
sapuerīmus 		sapīverītis,
sapierītis,
sapuerītis 		sapīverint,
sapierint,
sapuerint
pluperfect sapīvissem,
sapiissem,
sapuissem 		sapīvissēs,
sapiissēs,
sapuissēs 		sapīvisset,
sapiisset,
sapuisset 		sapīvissēmus,
sapiissēmus,
sapuissēmus 		sapīvissētis,
sapiissētis,
sapuissētis 		sapīvissent,
sapiissent,
sapuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sape — — sapite —
future — sapitō sapitō — sapitōte sapiuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives sapere sapīvisse,
sapiisse,
sapuisse 		— — — —
participles sapiēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sapiendī sapiendō sapiendum sapiendō — —

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Reflexes of an assumed variant *sapēre:

References edit

  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “sapere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 938

Further reading edit

  • “sapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sapio 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)
  • sapio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be a man of sense, judgment: sapere (Off. 2. 14. 48)
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