săgācĭtas — Lewis & Short
săgācĭtas, ātis, f.sagax,
I 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.