sapienter Latin · revision 31433

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sh₁p-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sa.piˈɛn.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [sa.piˈɛn.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sapienter''' (comparative sapientius, superlative sapientissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|sapiēns|t=wise]] with the adverb suffix [[m|la|-ter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ⟨sapiēns⟩ is the present participle of [[m|la|sapiō|t=to taste; to be wise]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*sap-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*sh₁p-i-|t=to notice]], cognate with [[osc|sipus|t=knowing]] and [[osx|an-sebbian|t=to notice]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Plautus as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to act wisely, sensibly or with true understanding, and it has the comparative ⟨sapientius⟩ and the superlative ⟨sapientissimē⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary adds the sense of acting judiciously or discreetly.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|wisely|alt=Wisely]], sensibly, with true understanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|judiciously|alt=Judiciously]], discreetly.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sapiēns]]

+ * [[sapientia]]

+ * [[sapiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}