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Sapientia
Sapientia
See also: sapientia
Latin
Alternative forms
- Sap. (citational abbreviation)
Proper noun
Sapientia f (genitive Sapientiae); first declension
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sapientia |
| genitive | Sapientiae |
| dative | Sapientiae |
| accusative | Sapientiam |
| ablative | Sapientiā |
| vocative | Sapientia |
sapientia
sapientia
See also: Sapientia
Latin
Noun
sapientia f (genitive sapientiae); first declension
- wisdom, discernment, memory
- science, skilled practice
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sapientia | sapientiae |
| genitive | sapientiae | sapientiārum |
| dative | sapientiae | sapientiīs |
| accusative | sapientiam | sapientiās |
| ablative | sapientiā | sapientiīs |
| vocative | sapientia | sapientiae |
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References
- sapientia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sapientia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SAPIENTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sapientia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to devote oneself to philosophy: se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4)
- to be enamoured of philosophy: philosophiae (sapientiae) studio teneri (Acad. 1. 2. 4)
- to give the palm, the first place (for wisdom) to some one: primas (e.g. sapientiae) alicui deferre, tribuere, concedere
- to devote oneself to philosophy: se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4)