See sapiens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sapientēs",
"links": [
[
"sapientēs",
"sapientes#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "sapientia",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sapiēns",
"adv": "sapienter",
"comp": "sapientior",
"sup": "sapientissimus"
},
"expansion": "sapiēns (genitive sapientis, comparative sapientior, superlative sapientissimus, adverb sapienter); third-declension one-termination participle",
"name": "la-part"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sapiēns<3-P+>"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "īnsipiēns"
},
{
"word": "stupidus"
},
{
"word": "fatuus"
},
{
"word": "stultus"
},
{
"word": "āmēns"
},
{
"word": "dēmēns"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "to discern",
"word": "sapiō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"discerning, wise, judicious"
],
"links": [
[
"discerning",
"discerning"
],
[
"wise",
"wise"
],
[
"judicious",
"judicious"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "callidus"
},
{
"word": "prūdēns"
},
{
"word": "sollers"
}
],
"tags": [
"active",
"declension-3",
"form-of",
"one-termination",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "to discern",
"word": "sapiō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"discrete"
],
"links": [
[
"discrete",
"discrete"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"declension-3",
"form-of",
"one-termination",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Anonymous",
"text": "Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat ― a wise man asserts nothing which he does not (ap)prove",
"translation": "Anonymous",
"type": "example"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "to discern",
"word": "sapiō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a wise man, sage, philosopher"
],
"links": [
[
"wise man",
"wise man"
],
[
"sage",
"sage"
],
[
"philosopher",
"philosopher"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(masculine substantive) a wise man, sage, philosopher"
],
"tags": [
"active",
"declension-3",
"form-of",
"masculine",
"one-termination",
"participle",
"present",
"substantive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈsa.pi.ẽːs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsaː.pi.ens]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "sapiens"
}
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