sagacitas

Latin > English

sagacitas sagacitatis N F :: keenness (of scent/senses); acuteness/instinct/flair; sagacity/shrewdness (L+S)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

săgācĭtas: ātis, f. sagax,
I keenness of perception, acuteness of the senses, sagacity.
I Lit.
   A Keenness of scent in dogs: canum tam incredibilis ad investigandum sagacitas narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; so, canum, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—*
   2    Transf., of hunters: ut domitas feras mentita sagacitate colligerent, Plin. Pan. 81, 3.—*
   B Keenness, acuteness of the other senses: sensuum, Sen. Ep. 95, 58.—
II Trop., intellectual keenness of perception, acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity (good prose; syn.: sollertia, acumen): utrum admonitus ac tentatus, an, quā est ipse sagacitate in his rebus, sine duce ullo, sine indice, pervenerit ad hanc improbitatem, nescio, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105: tuam tantam fuisse sagacitatem, id. ib. 2, 4, 12, § 29: erat eā sagacitate, ut decipi non posset, Nep. Alc. 5, 2: consilii, Val. Max. 7, 3, 3: Hipparchi sagacitate compertum est, lunae defectum, etc., Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

săgācĭtās,¹³ ātis, f. (sagax),
1 finesse de l’odorat : [chez les chiens] Cic. Nat. 2, 158 ; Plin. 9, 92 || finesse, délicatesse [de nos sens] : Sen. Ep. 95, 58
2 [fig.] sagacité, pénétration : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29 ; Nep. Alc. 5, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

sagācitās, ātis, f. (sagax), die Kraft, leicht zu wittern, I) durch die Sinne, a) die Spürkraft der Hunde, canum ad investigandum sagacitas narium, Cic.: so auch canum, Plin.: vincit idem sagacitate odorandi canes et volturios, Apul. – b) die Empfindsamkeit anderer Sinne, sensuum, Sen. ep. 95, 58. – II) übtr., durch den Verstand, der Scharfsinn, Scharfblick, die Schlauheit, hominis, Cic. u. Nep.: consilii, Val. Max.

Latin > Chinese

sagacitas, atis. f. :: 狗尖鼻。伶例。詭。— sensuum 尖耳目。