sapiō, sapere, sapīvī

Definitions for sapere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to have good taste, have good sense, be wise
English derivatives:
sapient sapid insipid sage savor

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To have a taste of (of a particular quality). (b) (w. internal acc.) to taste of. (c) (absol.) to have a good taste.
2
(fig., w. internal acc.) To smack of (a quality).
3
(w. internal acc.) To smell of.
4
(w. internal acc.) To have consciousness, feel.
5
(usu. w. internal acc.) To have taste or discernment.

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Sentences with sapere

Latin to English

Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.Compare Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe! Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam, rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis; at ille labitur et labetur in omne volunilis aevum.Compare He who has begun his task has half done it. Have the courage to be wise. Begin! He who keeps putting off the moment of reform is like the countryman waiting for the river to run by. But the river slides and rolls, will slide and roll on to all time.

Populus Romanus eo invictus sum sentio, quod in secundus res sapio et consulo memini.Compare I think that the Roman nation is on this account unconquered, because in prosperity it remembers to be wise and provident.

Conjugation table for sapere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
sapiō sapis sapit sapimus sapitis sapiunt	sapiēbam sapiēbās sapiēbat sapiēbāmus sapiēbātis sapiēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
sapīvī / sapiī sapīvistī / sapiistī sapīvit / sapiit sapīvimus / sapiimus sapīvistis / sapiistis sapīvērunt / sapīvēre / sapiērunt / sapiēre	sapīveram / sapieram sapīverās / sapierās sapīverat / sapierat sapīverāmus / sapierāmus sapīverātis / sapierātis sapīverant / sapierant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
sapiam sapiēs sapiet sapiēmus sapiētis sapient	sapīverō / sapierō sapīveris / sapieris sapīverit / sapierit sapīverimus / sapierimus sapīveritis / sapieritis sapīverint / sapierint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
sapiam sapiās sapiat sapiāmus sapiātis sapiant	saperem saperēs saperet saperēmus saperētis saperent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
sapīverim / sapierim sapīveris / sapieris sapīverit / sapierit sapīverimus / sapierimus sapīveritis / sapieritis sapīverint / sapierint	sapīvissem / sapiissem sapīvissēs / sapiissēs sapīvisset / sapiisset sapīvissēmus / sapiissēmus sapīvissētis / sapiissētis sapīvissent / sapiissent
Infinitive present sapere Infinitive perfect sapīvisse / sapiisse Infinitive future -	Imperative present sape sapite Imperative future sapitō sapitō sapitōte sapiuntō

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
	sapiēns	sapientēs
	sapiēns	sapientēs
	sapiēns	sapientēs
	sapiēns	sapientēs
	sapiēns	sapientēs
	Participle future active
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	Participle perfect passive
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	-	-
	Gerundive
	sapiendus	sapiendī
	sapiendus	sapiendī
	sapiendus	sapiendī
	sapiendus	sapiendī
	sapiendus	sapiendī
	Gerund	Supine
	sapere	-
	sapere	-
	sapere
	sapere
	sapere

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	sapiēns	sapientēs
Gen.	sapientis	sapientium
Dat.	sapientī	sapientibus
Acc.	sapientem	sapientēs
Abl.	sapiente	sapientibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	-	-
Gen.	-	-
Dat.	-	-
Acc.	-	-
Abl.	-	-
	Gerundive
Nom.	sapiendus	sapiendī
Gen.	sapiendī	sapiendōrum
Dat.	sapiendō	sapiendīs
Acc.	sapiendum	sapiendōs
Abl.	sapiendō	sapiendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	sapere	-
Gen.	sapiendī	-
Dat.	sapiendō
Acc.	sapiendum
Abl.	sapiendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 249.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1690.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "sapiō, sapere, sapīvī (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified October 1, 2023. Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/sapio-sapere-sapivi.