sagacitas

săgācĭtas, ātis, f. [sagax], keenness of perception, acuteness of the senses, sagacity.

• I Lit.
• • A Keenness of scent in dogs: canum tam incredibilis ad investigandum sagacitas narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; so, canum, Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—*
  • • 2 Transf., of hunters: ut domitas feras mentita sagacitate colligerent, Plin. Pan. 81, 3.—*
  • B Keenness, acuteness of the other senses: sensuum, Sen. Ep. 95, 58.—
• II Trop., intellectual keenness of perception, acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity (good prose; syn.: sollertia, acumen): utrum admonitus ac tentatus, an, quā est ipse sagacitate in his rebus, sine duce ullo, sine indice, pervenerit ad hanc improbitatem, nescio, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105: tuam tantam fuisse sagacitatem, id. ib. 2, 4, 12, § 29: erat eā sagacitate, ut decipi non posset, Nep. Alc. 5, 2: consilii, Val. Max. 7, 3, 3: Hipparchi sagacitate compertum est, lunae defectum, etc., Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57.

sagācitās, ātis, f. (sagax), die Kraft, leicht zu wittern, I) durch die Sinne, a) die Spürkraft der Hunde, canum ad investigandum sagacitas narium, Cic.: so auch canum, Plin.: vincit idem sagacitate odorandi canes et volturios, Apul. – b) die Empfindsamkeit anderer Sinne, sensuum, Sen. ep. 95, 58. – II) übtr., durch den Verstand, der Scharfsinn, Scharfblick, die Schlauheit, hominis, Cic. u. Nep.: consilii, Val. Max.

sagacitas [CL] 1 keen sense of smell, keen-scentedness (usu. of dog, also in fig. context). ~ate canum, venatorum industria J. Sal. Pol. 389D; ~as canum formellas leporum aut ferarum latebras deprehendat Ib. 682D; currunt ‥ canes ~ate narium ut feras comprehendant (G. Foliot Cant.) PL CCII 1179A; canum feras narium ~ate persequentium Gir. EH I 46; itaque hec narium tanta ~as venustare quidem videtur quod ‥ J. Ford Serm. 77. 4; odorandi quippe sponsi sui ~ate prepollens, quocumque ierit ille, vestigare eum ‥ non moratur Ib. 77. 6. 2 mental perspicacity or astuteness, discernment, cleverness, sagacity (also w. gen.). siquidem microcosmum ‥ ex duplici ‥ materiae substantia constare vestrae ~atis [gl.: prudentiae, glea] solertiam non arbitror latere Aldh. VirgP 3; a705 tuae beatitudinis sacrosancta ~as (Æthelwald) Ep. Aldh. 2 (7) p. 495; ecce, quod modo duricia mentis tue agit, hoc ille propheta jam tunc sue mentis ~ate deprehendit Eccl. & Synag. 116; peritus in scientia utriusque legis nove et veteris ‥ et cum secularium litterarum ~ate et peritia (V. Ælgari) Lib. Landav. 3; Robertus Belesmensis ‥ cujus ingeniosa ~as ad capiendam Jerusalem Christianis profecit Ord. Vit. VIII 24 p. 415; secundum ~atem meam adimplebo quod optas Latin Stories 116. 3 keenness, eagerness (for something, w. gen.), zeal. 671 qui solerti ~ate legendi succensus legum Romanarum Aldh. Ep. 1 p. 476; c675 quod transmarinum iter ‥ carpere ~ate legendi succensa decreverit Ib. 3.

săgācĭtās, (13) ātis, f. (sagax), ¶ 1 finesse de lʼodorat : [chez les chiens] Cic. Nat. 2, 158 ; Plin. 9, 92 || finesse, délicatesse [de nos sens] : Sen. Ep. 95, 58 ¶ 2 [fig.] sagacité, pénétration : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29 ; Nep. Alc. 5, 2.

sagacitas , atis. f.
狗尖鼻。伶例。詭。— sensuum 尖耳目。

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sagācitās ātis, f

• sagax.—Of the senses, keenness, acuteness: ad investigandum narium.— Fig., keenness of perception, acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity: istius: erat eā sagacitate, ut, etc., N.