sapio

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of sapiosexual. === Pronunciation === === Noun === sapio (plural sapios) (slang) A sapiosexual. === Adjective === sapio (comparative more sapio, superlative most sapio) (Internet slang) Sapiosexual. == Italian == === Etymology === Compare saggio and savio, from Vulgar Latin *sapium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsa.pjo/ Rhymes: -apjo Hyphenation: sà‧pio === Adjective === sapio (feminine sapia, masculine plural sapi, feminine plural sapie) (Old Italian, regional, rare) wise === Noun === sapio m (plural sapi) (Old Italian, regional, rare) wise man, sage === References === “sapio”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 17 robb–schi, UTET, 1994, page 556 == Latin == === Alternative forms === *sapiō, *sapēre (Late Latin) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *sapjō, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-. According to De Vaan, the term probably reflects a PIE athematic i-present of the shape *sh₁p-i-. The LIV, however, derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *sh₁p-yé-ti, a ye-present belonging to the same root. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsa.pi.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.pi.o] === Verb === sapiō (present infinitive sapere, perfect active sapīvī or sapiī or sapuī); third (-iō variant) conjugation, no passive, no supine stem to be wise, or sensible, discreet, prudent (intransitive) to have taste, have flavour, be intelligent, show good sense, or know, understand, or have in mind, think. (transitive) to taste of, taste like, smack of, have a flavour of Synonym: lambō (figurative, intransitive) to have good taste; have sense, discernment Synonyms: sentiō, percipiō (figurative, transitive) to know, understand (mostly with general objects) (Early Medieval Latin) to know how to do; to be able to do ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Reflexes of an assumed variant *sapēre: === References === Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “sapere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 938 === Further reading === “sapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sapio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "sapio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “sapio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[7], London: Macmillan and Co.