sagacity
sagacity
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P. and V. γνώμη, ἡ, φρόνησις, ἡ, σύνεσις, ἡ, τὸ σῶφρον, τὸ σῠνετόν, Ar. and P. σωφροσύνη, ἡ ; see prudence, foresight.
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P. and V. γνώμη, ἡ, φρόνησις, ἡ, σύνεσις, ἡ, τὸ σῶφρον, τὸ σῠνετόν, Ar. and P. σωφροσύνη, ἡ ; see prudence, foresight.
SAGACITY
sagacitas (power of tracing things to their causes; by metonymy from hounds): ingenii acumen or acies (the former implying more of depth; of original and inventive ability) and acumen only: perspicacitas: prudentia perspicax (insight taking in all at one glance): subtilitas (fine discrimination). To possess natural sagacity natura acutum esse: such is his own sagacity qua est ipse sagacitate.
sagacitas (power of tracing things to their causes; by metonymy from hounds): ingenii acumen or acies (the former implying more of depth; of original and inventive ability) and acumen only: perspicacitas: prudentia perspicax (insight taking in all at one glance): subtilitas (fine discrimination). To possess natural sagacity natura acutum esse: such is his own sagacity qua est ipse sagacitate.
sagacity:
1. prūdentia (sensibleness): Plin. 8, 1, 1 (of elephants): cf.SAGACIOUS (1).
2. săgācĭtas (keen-tracking wit, resembling the instinct of hounds which track by scent): Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, 105: the s. of Hipparchus discovered ..., Hipparchi sagacitate repertum est, Plin. 2, 13, 10.
3. perspĭcācĭtas (sharp-sightedness): Cic.: v.PENETRATION . Phr.: possessed of (great) s., prudens, alti ingenii, etc. (v. SAGACIOUS ): wanting in s., hebes, tardus (tardioris ingenii): v. DULL , SLOW .
1. prūdentia (sensibleness): Plin. 8, 1, 1 (of elephants): cf.
2. săgācĭtas (keen-tracking wit, resembling the instinct of hounds which track by scent): Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, 105: the s. of Hipparchus discovered ..., Hipparchi sagacitate repertum est, Plin. 2, 13, 10.
3. perspĭcācĭtas (sharp-sightedness): Cic.: v.