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|lnetxt=sapientia sapientiae N F :: wisdom (goal of philosopher, Stoic virtue); judgement/understanding; reason<br />sapientia sapientia sapientiae N F :: prudence, discretion, discernment (L+S); good sense; good taste; intelligence
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>săpĭentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[sapiens]].<br /><b>I</b> (Acc. to [[sapiens]], A.) Prop., [[good]] [[taste]], i. e. [[good]] [[sense]], [[discernment]], [[discretion]], [[prudence]], [[intelligence]] ([[class]].; syn. [[prudentia]]): pellitur e [[medio]] [[sapientia]], vi geritur res, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10, 4 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.): non aetate [[verum]] ingenio adipiscitur [[sapientia]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 88; id. Mil. 4, 6, 36: fac participes nos tuae sapientiae, id. Ep. 2, 2, 73; cf.: [[neque]] habet ([[erus]] [[meus]]) [[plus]] sapientiae [[quam]] [[lapis]], id. Mil. 2, 2, 81; id. Capt. 2, 3, 53; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 50: [[sedulo]] Moneo, quae [[possum]], pro meā sapientiā, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 73: quanta mea [[sapientia]] est, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 62: erum anteëo sapientiā, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 17: re [[enim]] iniquum est, sed tuā sapientiā [[fit]] aequissimum, Cic. Deiot. 2, 4: [[numquam]] [[enim]] [[temeritas]] cum sapientiā commiscetur, id. Marcell. 2, 7: [[quid]] [[virtus]] et [[quid]] [[sapientia]] possit, etc., Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 17: [[sapientia]] prima (est), stultitiā caruisse, id. ib. 1, 1, 41; cf. id. A. P. 396: insaniens [[sapientia]], id. C. 1, 34, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> (Acc. to [[sapiens]], B.) Wisdom, = [[σοφία]] (so predominantly in the [[class]]. per., e. g. in Cic.): nec [[quisquam]] sophiam, [[sapientia]] quae perhibetur, In somnis vidit, etc., Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 227 Vahl.); cf.: Sophiam vocant me [[Graii]], vos Sapientiam, Afran. ap. Gell. 13, 8, 3; and: [[princeps]] omnium virtutum [[illa]] [[sapientia]], [[quam]] σοφίαν [[Graeci]] vocant, Cic. Off. 1, 43, 153: ad sapientiam hujus [[nimius]] [[nugator]] fuit, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 25: ita [[fit]], ut [[mater]] omnium bonarum rerum [[sit]] [[sapientia]], a cujus amore Graeco verbo [[philosophia]] [[nomen]] invenit, Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 58: [[sapientia]] hominis [[custos]], id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. Lael. 2, 7; 6, 20; 9, 30: omnem spem salutis ad clementiam victoris et sapientiam contulisse, id. Marcell. 6, 18: quorum [[vobis]] pro vestrā sapientiā, [[Quirites]], habenda est [[ratio]] [[diligenter]], id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17: sapientiae vocem audire, id. Phil. 13, 3, 6: studia sapientiae, Tac. A. 14, 56: doctores sapientiae, philosophers, id. ib. 14, 16. —With gen.: admirari [[soleo]] cum ceterarum rerum tuam excellentem, M. [[Cato]], perfectamque sapientiam tum, etc., in [[other]] things, Cic. Sen. 2, 4.—In plur., [[sarcastically]]: qui (sapientes) si virtutes ebullire volent et sapientias, [[nihil]] aliud dicent, [[nisi]], etc. (the plur. denoting [[their]] [[perpetual]] [[speaking]] of [[wisdom]]), a [[saying]] referred to [[Epicurus]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., of [[single]] departments of [[knowledge]], [[science]], or [[wisdom]], [[practical]] [[wisdom]], [[knowledge]] of the [[world]], [[philosophy]], Lucr. 5, 10: [[sapientia]] est, ut a veteribus philosophis definitum est, rerum divinarum et humanarum causarumque, quibus eae res continentur, [[scientia]], Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5: [[sapientia]], quae ars vivendi putanda est, id. Fin. 1, 13, 42 (for [[which]]: ars est [[philosophia]] vitae, id. ib. 3, 2, 4).—Of [[jurisprudence]]: istam oscitantem sapientiam Scaevolarum et ceterorum beatorum otio concedamus, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144; cf.: his temporibus audaciā pro sapientiā liceat uti, id. Fam. 1, 10 init. —Of [[eloquence]]: hanc cogitandi pronunciandique rationem vimque dicendi veteres [[Graeci]] sapientiam nominabant, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 56.—Of [[statesmanship]], [[policy]]: [[sapientia]] constituendae civitatis, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154; cf.: qui [[propter]] ancipitem, quae non potest esse sejuncta, faciendi dicendique sapientiam florerent, id. ib. 3, 16, 59. —Of [[mathematics]]: sapientiae [[professor]], Suet. Tib. 14.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>săpĭentĭa</b>,⁸ æ, f. ([[sapiens]]),<br /><b>1</b> intelligence, jugement, bon sens, prudence : Cic. Marc. 7 ; Dej. 4, etc.<br /><b>2</b> sagesse ([[σοφία]]) : Cic. Leg. 1, 58 ; Læl. 7 ; 20 ; 30, etc.; [[quod]] hæc esset [[una]] [[omnis]] [[sapientia]], [[non]] arbitrari se scire [[quod]] nesciat Cic. Ac. 1, 16, [il disait qu’à son [[avis]] Apollon l’avait appelé le [[plus]] sage des hommes] parce que la sagesse par excellence consiste à ne pas croire qu’on sait ce qu’on ne sait pas &#124;&#124; [avec gén.] ceterarum rerum Cic. CM 4, sagesse sur tout le reste, à tous les autres points de vue &#124;&#124; pl., Cic. Tusc. 3, 42<br /><b>3</b> science, savoir [en général, avec idée de sagesse, de prudence habile] ; [en part.] [[philosophie]] : Cic. de Or. 2, 5 ; 2, 144 ; 3, 56 ; Off. 2, 5 ; Fin. 1, 42 &#124;&#124; [avec gén.] constituendæ civitatis Cic. de Or. 2, 154, la science politique, cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 59.
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{{Georges
|georg=sapientia, ae, f. ([[sapiens]]), I) die [[Weisheit]] = übh. die [[Einsicht]], Vernünftigkeit, [[Vernunft]], der [[Verstand]], die [[Klugheit]] (Ggstz. [[stultitia]]), [[non]] habet [[plus]] sapientiae [[quam]] [[lapis]], Plaut.: quanta mea [[sapientia]] est, Plaut.: [[pro]] vestra [[sapientia]], Cic. – u. [[bes]]. im Ggstz. zu [[furor]] (das [[Rasen]]), die Vernünftigkeit, das Bei-Verstande-[[Sein]], in sapientiae aegritudine, [[bei]] Kranken, die ihre Sinne [[haben]] (Ggstz. in furoris morbo), Plin. 7, 171. – II) prägn., [[wie]] [[σοφία]], die höhere [[Einsicht]] in den [[Wert]] u. [[Gang]] der Dinge, die [[Weisheit]], [[Lebensweisheit]], [[Philosophie]], dah. [[auch]] v. der Staatskunst u. dgl., Cic.: sapientiae doctores, Tac. – m. obj. Genet., ceterarum rerum, in den übrigen Dingen, Cic.: constituendae civitatis, Cic. – Plur., virtutes ebullire et sapientias, [[mit]] [[allerlei]] [[Tugend]] und [[Weisheit]] ([[Tugend]]- u. Weisheitsregeln) um [[sich]] [[werfen]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 42. – / arch. Genet. sapientiai, Plaut. mil. 236.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=sapientia, ae. f. :: [[明智]]。[[見識]]。[[賢]]。[[窮理]]。[[分味]]
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