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adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

sagāx

sagāx (genitive sagācis, superlative sagācissimus, adverb sagāciter)
Classical[ˈsa.ɡaːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.ɡaks]

Meaning

  1. one terminationof quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented
  2. one terminationintellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious
  3. one terminationraremagical

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesagāxsagāxsagāx
genitivesagācissagācissagācis
dativesagācīsagācīsagācī
accusativesagācemsagācemsagāx
ablativesagācī
sagāce		sagācī
sagāce		sagācī
sagāce
vocativesagāxsagāxsagāx
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesagācēssagācēssagācia
genitivesagāciumsagāciumsagācium
dativesagācibussagācibussagācibus
accusativesagācīs
sagācēs		sagācīs
sagācēs		sagācia
ablativesagācibussagācibussagācibus
vocativesagācēssagācēssagācia

săgax, ācis, adj. sagio; cf. salax, from salio,
I. of quick perception, whose senses are acute, sagacious (class.).
I. Lit.
A. Chiefly of the acute sense of smelling in dogs, keen-scented: sagax Nasum habet, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 17: canes, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65; Ov. M. 3, 207: catulus, id. R. Am. 201. —With gen.: naris sagax, Luc. 7, 829.— Poet.: virtus venandi, Ov. Hal. 76.—
B. Of other senses: sollicitive canes canibusve sagacior anser, Ov. M. 11, 599: palatum in gustu sagacissimum, Plin. 8, 37, 35, § 132. —
II. Trop., intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious (syn.: sollers, perspicax, acutus, subtilis).
(a). Absol.: (homo) animal hoc providum, sagax, multiplex, acutum, memor, plenum rationis et consilii, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22; cf. id. Fin. 2, 14, 45: mens, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 67; Lucr. 5, 420; 1, 1021: animus, id. 2, 840; 4, 913: ratio, id. 1, 131; 1, 369: homo sagax et astutus, Mart. 12, 87, 4: modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus ac praeceps, considerate, Suet. Claud. 15: mire sagaces fallere hospites, Hor. C. 2, 5, 22: curae, id. ib. 4, 4, 75.—Of a soothsayer, knowing the future, Ov. M. 8, 316.—
(b). Ad aliquid (class.): ad suspicandum sagacissimus, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19: ad haec pericula perspicienda, Plancus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 4.—
(g). With gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): utilium sagax rerum et divina futuri, Hor. A. P. 218: fibrarum et pennae divinarumque flammarum, skilled in, Sil. 3, 344; cf. in sup.: prodigiorum (Joseph), Just. 36, 2, 8; and: rerum naturae, Col. praef., § 22 (with non ignarus). —
(d). With in or simple abl. (post-Aug.): vir in conjecturis sagacissimus, Just. 1, 9, 14: civitas rimandis offensis sagax, Tac. H. 4, 11.—(ρ) Inf.: sagax quondam ventura videre, Ov. M. 5, 146.—Hence, adv.: să-gācĭter.
a. Quickly, sharply, keenly, with quickness of scent, with a fine sense of smell: canes si advenientem sagaciter odorantur, Col. 7, 12, 7.—Comp., Cic. Att. 6, 4, 3: vultures sagacius odorantur, Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191; Hor. Epod. 12, 4.—Sup., Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137.—
b. Trop., acutely, shrewdly, accurately, sagaciously: sagaciter pervestigare, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 223: intueri, Quint. 2, 8, 4; Liv. 27, 28: perspicere naturam alicujus, Suet. Tib. 57 al.

Origins

From sāgiō (“to perceive”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

Descendants
  • Catalansagaç
  • Frenchsagace
  • Italiansagace
  • Portuguesesagaz
  • Romaniansagace
  • Spanishsagaz
  • Galiciansagaz

In English words that came into English from sagāx

  • sagacioussagāx
  • sagacitysagācitās

Quick answers

What does sagāx mean in Latin?
sagāx, a adjective, means “of quick perception, having acute senses; keen-scented; intellectually quick, keen, acute, shrewd, sagacious”.
How do you pronounce sagāx?
In classical Latin, [ˈsa.ɡaːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsaː.ɡaks].