sagax

Latin

Etymology

From sāgiō (“I perceive”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sagāx (genitive sagācis, superlative sagācissimus, adverb sagāciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented
  2. intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious
  3. (rare) magical

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative sagāx sagācēs sagācia
genitive sagācis sagācium
dative sagācī sagācibus
accusative sagācem sagāx sagācēs sagācia
ablative sagācī sagācibus
vocative sagāx sagācēs sagācia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: sagaç
  • French: sagace
  • Galician: sagaz
  • Italian: sagace
  • Portuguese: sagaz
  • Romanian: sagace
  • Spanish: sagaz

References

  • “sagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sagax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sagax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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