sapidus Latin · revision 9721

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Apicius|origins=ine-pro *seh₁p-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsa.pɪ.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsaː.pi.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sapidus''' (feminine sapida, neuter sapidum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sapiō|-idus|t1=to taste, be wise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨sapiō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sap-i-]], from [[ine-pro|*sh₁p-i-|t=to notice]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Apicius, whom he dates to the 4th century AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant tasty, savoury, in the superlative ''sapidissimus''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant savoury, relishing.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for tasty, and British Medieval Latin also figuratively.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) English ''sapid'' (1630s, “affecting the organs of taste”) is from it, and its opposite ''īnsipidus'' gave ''insipid''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 4th century AD – Apicius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1630s – English ''sapid'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Tasty, [[m|en|savoury]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[īnsipidus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sapiō]]

+ * [[sapor]]

+ * [[en|sapid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}