sapidus

Latin

Etymology

From sapiō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sapidus (feminine sapida, neuter sapidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. savoury, delicious, tasty
  2. (Late Latin) prudent, wise

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sapidus sapida sapidum sapidī sapidae sapida
genitive sapidī sapidae sapidī sapidōrum sapidārum sapidōrum
dative sapidō sapidae sapidō sapidīs
accusative sapidum sapidam sapidum sapidōs sapidās sapida
ablative sapidō sapidā sapidō sapidīs
vocative sapide sapida sapidum sapidī sapidae sapida

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: sapio (“wise”)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Ladin: sabe (“clever in a cheeky way”)
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • In the sense of 'delicious':
      Franco-Provençal: sado
      Old French: sade (see there for further descendants)
      Old Occitan: sabe
    • In the sense of 'wise':
      Vulgar Latin: *sapium (see there for further descendants)
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Portuguese: sábio (“wise”)
    • Spanish: sabio (“wise”)
  • Borrowings:

References

Further reading

  • “sapidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sapidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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