sapio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sapiō, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁p-i- (“to notice”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-. Cognate with Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós), Old English sefa (“mind, spirit, mood”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.pi.oː/
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Verb

sapiō (present infinitive sapere, perfect active sapīvī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem

  1. I taste of, taste like, smack of, have a flavour of.
  2. I have good taste or discernment.
  3. (figuratively) I am wise or sensible; I skill, discern.
  4. (Medieval Latin) I know.
  5. (Medieval Latin) I am able.

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 sapīvistī sapīvit sapīvimus sapīvistis sapīvērunt, sapīvēre
pluperfect sapīveram sapīverās sapīverat sapīverāmus sapīverātis sapīverant
future perfect sapīverō sapīveris sapīverit sapīverimus sapīveritis sapīverint
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 sapīverīs sapīverit sapīverīmus sapīverītis sapīverint
pluperfect sapīvissem sapīvissēs sapīvisset sapīvissēmus sapīvissētis sapīvissent
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 — — — —
participles sapiēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
sapiendī sapiendō sapiendum sapiendō — —

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • 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, 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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