sapio

See also: Sapio

English

Noun

sapio (plural sapios)

  1. sapiosexual
    The newest student visa worker at the startup was a sapio from an IIT.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁p-i-, from *seh₁p-.

Pronunciation

Verb

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
   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

Descendants
  • Dalmatian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: sabre, sebre
    • Gascon: sàber, assàber
    • Occitan: sabre, saupre
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:
    • → Volapük: sap

Reflexes of an assumed variant *sapēre:

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

Further reading
  • “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be a man of sense, judgment: sapere (Off. 2. 14. 48)
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