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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la sapiō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsa.pɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsaː.por]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''sapor''' ''m'' (genitive sapōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[sapiō]] “to taste of” with the suffix [[-or]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Köbler traces it to [[ine-pro|*sap-|t=to taste]].^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of flavour.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant flavour, taste, the taste a thing has, as Cicero's honey known by its own kind of flavour.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it also meant the distinctive flavour of a style or person, and the sense of taste.^(OLD 2012) In Pliny the Elder it meant a smell.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''sapor'' is the flavour of the thing, while ''gustus'' is the sensation of the taster.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant taste, delicacy, flavour.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''sapore'', French ''saveur'' and Spanish ''sabor'', and Old French ''savor'' gave [[en|savor]] about 1200.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of flavour.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of style and of the sense of taste.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of smell.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1200 – English ''savor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|Flavour]], taste.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Distinctive quality, of style or character.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The sense of taste.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Smell, odour.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[saporatus]]
+ * [[sapōrō]]
+ * [[sapōrus]]
+ * [[sapōrōsus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[sapidē]]
+ * [[sapidus]]
+ * [[sapiēns]]
+ * [[sapienter]]
+ * [[sapientia]]
+ * [[sapientiālis]]
+ * [[sapientipotēns]]
+ * [[sapiō]]
+ * [[en|savor]]
+ * [[en|savory]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[gustus]], the sensation of taste.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}