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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• sagacious:
      1. 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. 2. ăcūtus (keen, shrewd): cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 39, homo ingenio prudentiaque acutissimus. Strengthened, peracutus: v. supr. (1).
      3. 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. 4. perspĭcax (keen-sighted, penetrating): Cic.: Ter. Phr.: an elephant less s. (than the rest), elephantus tardioris ingenii, Plin. 8, 3, 3.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• 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.).