sapidus

sapidus

Latin

Etymology

From sapiō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.dus/, [ˈs̠äpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.dus/, [ˈsäːpid̪us]

Adjective

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

1. savoury, delicious, tasty
2. prudent, wise

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sapidus	sapida	sapidum		sapidī	sapidae	sapida
Genitive	sapidī	sapidae	sapidī		sapidōrum	sapidārum	sapidōrum
Dative	sapidō		sapidō		sapidīs
Accusative	sapidum	sapidam	sapidum		sapidōs	sapidās	sapida
Ablative	sapidō	sapidā	sapidō		sapidīs
Vocative	sapide	sapida	sapidum		sapidī	sapidae	sapida

Derived terms

• īnsipidus

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Old French: sade
  • Italian: savio
  • Portuguese: sábio
  • Sicilian: sàviu
  • Spanish: sabio
• Borrowed:
  • → English: sapid
  • → French: sapide
  • → Italian: sapido
  • → Sicilian: sàpitu
  • → Spanish: sápido

References

• “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
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sapĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 201