sapio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.o/, [ˈsaː.pi.ɔ]

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Verb

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

1. I taste of, taste like, smack of, have a flavour of.
2. I have good taste or discernment.
3. (figurative) I am wise, sensible or judicious; I skill, discern.
4. (Medieval Latin) I know.
5. (Medieval Latin) I am able.

Conjugation

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	sapīvistī	sapīvit	sapīvimus	sapīvistis	sapīvērunt, sapīvēre
	pluperfect	sapīveram	sapīverās	sapīverat	sapīverāmus	sapīverātis	sapīverant
	future perfect	sapīverō	sapīveris	sapīverit	sapīverimus	sapīveritis	sapīverint
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	sapīverīs	sapīverit	sapīverīmus	sapīverītis	sapīverint
	pluperfect	sapīvissem	sapīvissēs	sapīvisset	sapīvissēmus	sapīvissētis	sapīvissent
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	—	—	—	—
participles		sapiēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sapiendī	sapiendō	sapiendum	sapiendō	—	—

Derived terms

• consipiō
• dēsipiō
• praesipiō
• resipiō
• sapiēns
• sapientia
• sapientipotēns
• sapidus
• sapor
• supersapiō

Descendants

• Aragonese: saper, saber, sabre
• Asturian: saber
• Catalan: saber
• Corsican: sapè
• Dalmatian: sapro
• → English: savour, savor, sapid, savvy; sapient/sapiens
• Extremaduran: sabbel
• French: savoir
• Friulian: savê
• Galician: saber
• Ido: savar
• Istriot: savì
• Italian: sapere, assaporare
• Leonese: sabere
• Mirandese: saber
• Neapolitan: sapè
• Occitan: saber, saupre
• Old French: savoir, saveir
• Portuguese: saber
• Romansch: savair, saver, saveir
• Sardinian: sapere, sapiri
• Sicilian: sapiri
• Spanish: saber
• Venetian: saver
• Volapük: sap
• Walloon: saveur

References

• 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, 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)