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sagax
sagax
Latin
Adjective
sagāx m, f, n (genitive sagācis); third declension
- of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented
- intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | sagāx | sagācēs | sagācia | ||
| genitive | sagācis | sagācium | |||
| dative | sagācī | sagācibus | |||
| accusative | sagācem | sagāx | sagācēs | sagācia | |
| ablative | sagācī | sagācibus | |||
| vocative | sagāx | sagācēs | sagācia | ||
Derived terms
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References
- sagax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sagax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sagax”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.