sage

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sage (third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)

sät (present singular third-person)
sat (past)
sät (past)
jesat (participle past)
jesät (participle past)
san (alternative)
son (alternative)

From Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn.


sage

From Middle Dutch saghe, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.


sage

Harry the fift is crownd, vp vanitie, / Downe royall ſtate, all you ſage counſailers, hence, / And to the Engliſh Court aſſemble now / From euery region, apes of idleneſſe: […]

c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], signature I, recto:

Howbeit the Caledonians with great preparation, and by rumor, as of things unknown much greater, taking Armes, and of thir own accord begining Warr by the aſſault of ſundry Caſtles, ſent back ſome of thir fear to the Romans themſelves: and there were of the Commanders, who cloaking thir fear under ſhew of ſage advice, counſel’d the General to retreat back on this ſide Bodotria.

1670, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 72:

CHAPTER VII. In which Jack makes some very sage reflections, and comes to a very unwise decision.

1836, [Frederick Marryat], “In which Jack makes some very sage reflections, and comes to a very unwise decision”, in Mr. Midshipman Easy […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 77:

en-adj

sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)

sager (comparative)
sagest (superlative)

From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Vulgar Latin *sapium, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”).
The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.


sage

’Tis certain, that, while we aſpire to the magnanimous Firmneſs of the philoſophic Sage, and endeavour to confine our Pleaſures altogether within our own Minds, we may, at laſt, render our Philoſophy, like that of Epictetus and other Stoics, only a more refin’d Syſtem of Selfiſhneſs, and reaſon ourſelves out of all Virtue, as well as ſocial Enjoyment.

1748, [David Hume], “Essay V. Sceptical Solution of these Doubts.”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, part I, page 69:

A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.


sage

Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis#Translingual

The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.

Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.

en-noun

sage (usually uncountable, plural sages)

broom sage

species of Chrysothamnus, Ericameria, Lorandersonia

purple sage

Salvia leucophylla; Artemisia tridentata

silvery sage

From Middle English sauge, from Middle French sauge, from Old French salje, from Latin salvia, from salvus (“healthy”), see safe. Doublet of salvia.


sage

sage in all fields

(4chan, Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

Borrowed from Japanese sage (sage), from Japanese 下げる (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.


sage

Reminder to sage and report.

(4chan, Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.

en-verb

sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)

sages (present singular third-person)
saging (participle present)
saged (participle past)
saged (past)

→ Finnish: sagettaa


sage

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sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat, comparative sagedam, superlative kõige sagedam)

sageda (genitive)
sagedat (partitive)
sagedam (comparative)
kõige sagedam (superlative)
sage (nominative singular)
sagedad (nominative plural)
sage (accusative nominative singular)
sagedad (accusative nominative plural)
sageda (accusative genitive singular)
sagedad (accusative genitive plural)
sageda (genitive singular)
sagedate (genitive plural)
sagedat (partitive singular)
sagedaid (partitive plural)
sagedasse (illative singular)
sagedatesse (illative plural)
sagedaisse (illative plural)
sagedas (inessive singular)
sagedates (inessive plural)
sagedais (inessive plural)
sagedast (elative singular)
sagedatest (elative plural)
sagedaist (elative plural)
sagedale (allative singular)
sagedatele (allative plural)
sagedaile (allative plural)
sagedal (adessive singular)
sagedatel (adessive plural)
sagedail (adessive plural)
sagedalt (ablative singular)
sagedatelt (ablative plural)
sagedailt (ablative plural)
sagedaks (singular translative)
sagedateks (plural translative)
sagedaiks (plural translative)
sagedani (singular terminative)
sagedateni (plural terminative)
sagedana (essive singular)
sagedatena (essive plural)
sagedata (abessive singular)
sagedateta (abessive plural)
sagedaga (comitative singular)
sagedatega (comitative plural)


sage

(of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious

(of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct

Alors, tu vas être sage pour maman dans le magasin ?

Now, are you going to be good for mommy in the store?

(of a child) good, well-behaved, not naughty

Inherited from Middle French sage, from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapium from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.


sage

a person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious


sage

inflection of sagen:
first-person singular present

first/third-person singular subjunctive I

inflection of sagen:
singular imperative


sage

A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.

sages (plural)
sauge (alternative)
sawge (alternative)

English: sage

Scots: sage

Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapium, from sapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.


sage

Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.

English: sage

Scots: sage


sage

Si un houme n'a pas le sens de pâlaïr il est bien sâge s'il a le sens de se taire.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 541-42:

A man who has not the sense to speak is still a wise man if he has the sense to hold his tongue.

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapium, from Latin sapiō, sapere (“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to taste”).


sage

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sage (imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)

sag (imperative)
sager (present)
saga (past)
saget (past)
sagde (past)
saga (participle past)
saget (participle past)
sagd (participle past)
sagende (participle present)


sage

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

sage (feminine nominative oblique singular)

Middle French: sage

French: sage

Franc-Comtois: saidge

→ Italian: saggio

→ Middle English: sage

English: sage

From Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), semantically specialized alteration of Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sade (“delicious”), from the Latin form.


sage

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.