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1 sagacitas
I.Lit.A.Keenness of scent in dogs:* 2.canum tam incredibilis ad investigandum sagacitas narium,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; so,canum,
Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92.—Transf., of hunters:* B. II.ut domitas feras mentita sagacitate colligerent,
Plin. Pan. 81, 3.—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. -
2 sagācitās
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.* * *keenness (of scent/senses); acuteness/instinct/flair; sagacity/shrewdness (L+S)
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