sagacious
sagacious
adj.
P. and V. σοφός, σώφρων, ἔμφρων, δρῑμύς (Eur. Cycl.), σῠνετός, ἔννους, πυκνός (Plat.), P. ἀγχίνους, Ar. and P. φρόνῐμος, ὀξύς.
Of things: P. and V. σοφός, σώφρων, ἔμφρων, Ar. and P. φρόνῐμος.
adj.
P. and V. σοφός, σώφρων, ἔμφρων, δρῑμύς (Eur. Cycl.), σῠνετός, ἔννους, πυκνός (Plat.), P. ἀγχίνους, Ar. and P. φρόνῐμος, ὀξύς.
Of things: P. and V. σοφός, σώφρων, ἔμφρων, Ar. and P. φρόνῐμος.
SAGACIOUS
sagax (often with ad aliquid; e.g. ad haec pericula perspicienda Planc. ap. Cic.): acutus: acer: subtilis: argutus: perspicax: plenus rationis et consilii (Cic.). Very sagacious peracutus: peracer [SYN. in ACUTE]: a sagacious mind sagax ac bona mens (Cic.).
sagax (often with ad aliquid; e.g. ad haec pericula perspicienda Planc. ap. Cic.): acutus: acer: subtilis: argutus: perspicax: plenus rationis et consilii (Cic.). Very sagacious peracutus: peracer [SYN. in ACUTE]: a sagacious mind sagax ac bona mens (Cic.).
sagacious:
1. prūdens (sensible): no brute more s. than the elephant, beluarum nulla prudentior, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97: s. in criticism, in existimando p., id. Br. 68, 239. Join: [vir natura] peracutus et prudens, id. Or. 5, 18.
2. ăcūtus (keen, shrewd): cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 39, homo ingenio prudentiaque acutissimus. Strengthened, peracutus: v. supr. (1).
3. săgax (strictly, sharp-scented, as a hound): most s. (sharp-scented) in suspecting, sagacissimus ad suspicandum, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19: extremely s. in drawing inferences, in conjecturis sagacissimus, Just. 1, 9, med. Join: [animal, sc. homo] providum, sagax, ... acutum ... plenum rationis et consilii, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22. See also,SHREWD , PRUDENT .
4. perspĭcax (keen-sighted, penetrating): Cic.: Ter. Phr.: an elephant less s. (than the rest), elephantus tardioris ingenii, Plin. 8, 3, 3.
1. prūdens (sensible): no brute more s. than the elephant, beluarum nulla prudentior, Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97: s. in criticism, in existimando p., id. Br. 68, 239. Join: [vir natura] peracutus et prudens, id. Or. 5, 18.
2. ăcūtus (keen, shrewd): cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 39, homo ingenio prudentiaque acutissimus. Strengthened, peracutus: v. supr. (1).
3. săgax (strictly, sharp-scented, as a hound): most s. (sharp-scented) in suspecting, sagacissimus ad suspicandum, Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 19: extremely s. in drawing inferences, in conjecturis sagacissimus, Just. 1, 9, med. Join: [animal, sc. homo] providum, sagax, ... acutum ... plenum rationis et consilii, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 22. See also,
4. perspĭcax (keen-sighted, penetrating): Cic.: Ter. Phr.: an elephant less s. (than the rest), elephantus tardioris ingenii, Plin. 8, 3, 3.