English → Latin
“wise” in Latin
sapiōto be wise, or sensible, discreet, prudent; to have taste, have flavour, be intelligent, show good sense, or know, undersciōto be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge; to have had sex with, have ever slept withgnārushaving knowledge of a thing; acquainted with a thing., skillful, practicedpersapiēnsvery discerning, wise, judicious; very discreetsaporA taste, flavor, savor.; A sense of taste.; A smell, scent, odor.modusmeasure; bound, limit, end; manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), methodratiōreason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale, purpose; calculation, account, accounting, recko
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
wise adj.
sapiens: sapientia praeditus. Wise in or with respect to anything, alicujus rei peritus (skilled in, especially with practical knowledge); sciens, gnarus, or non ignarus alicujus rei (having knowledge or information of anything); intelligens alicujus rei (having insight into, understanding): very wise, persapiens: to be wise, sapore; sapientia praeditum esse; sapientia consilioque multum posse: to become wise, sapientem fieri, effici: a wise saying, sapienter dictum (Cic.); sapiens dictum (Carbo ap. Cic.): a wise action, sapienter factum; sapiens factum (Valerius Max.): a wise man, sapiens; homo sapiens.
wise s.
modus: ratio. On this wise, hoc modo; hac ratione; ad hunc modum: in no wise, nullo modo nulla ratione; nullo pacto.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for wise?
- The usual Latin words for “wise” are sapiō, sciō, gnārus; also persapiēns, sapor, modus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.