The corpus record — Latin

sagio

sagio · v. n

to perceive quickly

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Where it lives

De Divinatione 2 · 0.73/10k

What it meant

sāgĭo — Lewis & Short

sāgĭo, īre, v. n.root sagh-, to be sharp; Sanscr. saghnomi, kill; Gr. sa/garis, battle-axe; cf.: sagus, sagax, sagitta,

I to perceive quickly or keenly by the senses; trop., to perceive acutely with the intellect: sagire sentire acute est: ex quo sagae anus, quia multa scire volunt; et sagaces dicti canes. Is igitur, qui ante sagit quam oblata res est, dicitur praesagire, id est futura ante sentire, Cic. Div. 1, 31, 65.

In the wild

sagire Cicero, De Divinatione 1.65.p2
sagit Cicero, De Divinatione 1.65.p2

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sagio (scan p. 613; entry #10048). Root candidates: *sag-.

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