sagax

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡaːks/

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡaks/, [ˈsaː.ɡaks]

Adjective

sagāx (genitive sagācis); third declension

of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented
intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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
Italian: 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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