Knowing

knowing, acquainted with, expert

con-scĭus, a, um, adj. [scio], that knows something in company with others or by himself, knowing with others or self-knowing (freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Knowing or conscious of something with another, privy to; and subst., a (male or female) participant in a thing, an accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc.; constr. with the gen., dat., in, and de aliquā re, an obj.- or rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 71).

With gen. with or without dat. pers. (cf. b infra):

qui tam audacis facinoris mi conscius,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 4; cf.:

alius alii tanti facinoris conscii,

Sall. C. 22, 2:

si conscius Dymno tanti sceleris fuissem,

Curt. 6, 10, 20; and:

nondum tot flagitiorum exercitui meo conscius,

Tac. A. 1, 43:

T. Pomponius, homo omnium meorum in te studiorum et officiorum maxime conscius,

Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 1; so,

maleficii,

id. Clu. 22, 59:

conjurationis,

Sall. C. 37, 1:

ante actae vitae,

Liv. 9, 26, 14:

infirmitatis nostrae,

Quint. 10, 3, 19:

interficiendi Postumi Agrippae,

Tac. A. 3, 30; cf.:

Caesarianae necis,

Suet. Ner. 3;

and necis (opp. auctor),

id. ib. 33:

peccati erilis,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 60:

adjutores quosdam, conscios sui ( = sui consilii) nactus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 2.— Poet.:

arva versi regis,

Ov. M. 7, 385; cf.:

quorum nox conscia sola est,

id. ib. 13, 15:

fati sidera,

Verg. A. 4, 519:

mentis,

Ov. H. 17, 265 al. —

With dat.:

huic facinori tanto tua mens liberalis conscia esse non debuit,

Cic. Cael. 21, 52:

temeritati et mendacio meo,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124 (quoted in Arus. Mess. p. 220 Lind.):

Fabricium quem... conscium illi facinori fuisse arbitrabatur,

Cic. Clu. 20, 56 al.:

verbis,

Tib. 1, 9, 41:

coeptis,

Ov. M. 7, 194.— Poet.:

sacris nox,

Ov. M. 6, 588 Heins.:

deliciis meis antra,

id. H. 15, 138:

conubiis aether,

Verg. A. 4, 168 Wagn. N. cr.:

gens nascenti conscia Nilo,

Luc. 1, 20.—

With in:

mihi in privatis omnibus conscius,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 1; so,

conscius vestris in lacrimis adfueram,

Prop. 1, 10, 2.—

With de:

addit ad extremum, se audisse a Curione his de rebus conscium esse Pisonem,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf. conscientia, II. A. b.—

With rel.-clause:

multis consciis quae gereretur,

Nep. Dion, 8, 4.—

Absol.:

nec mihi conscius est ullus homo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 21; id. Truc. 1, 1, 40; cf.:

fac me consciam,

id. Cist. 2, 3, 46; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69; Cic. Att. 2, 24, 1; cf. Nep. Milt. 3, 6; Quint. 5, 7, 37; Tac. A. 1, 5; Hor. C. 3, 6, 29.— Poet.:

cetera nox et nos et turris conscia novit,

Ov. H. 18, 105:

silva,

id. M. 2, 438:

rubor,

Cat. 65, 24 al. —Hence, subst.: conscĭus, i, m., of those who are participants in a crime, conspiracy, etc., a partaker, jointconspirator, accessory, accomplice, confidant, etc., Nep. Dion, 9, 1; Quint. 4, 2, 48; 9, 2, 81 sq.; Suet. Dom. 10:

consciorum nomina exponere,

Curt. 8, 6, 24:

Othonis,

Tac. H. 1, 39 al.:

se (sacerdotes Germanorum) ministros deorum, illos (equos) conscios putant (sc. deorum),

id. G. 10.—

With sibi, knowing something in one's self, conscious of.

In gen., in a good and bad sense.

With gen.:

qui (sc. populus Romanus) si alicujus injuriae sibi conscius fuisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14; so,

sibi nullius culpae,

Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73:

mihi dissimulati in ullā parte judicii,

Quint. 3, 6, 64:

sibi irae et iracundiae,

Suet. Claud. 38:

sermonis adversus majestatem tuam habiti nullius conscii sumus nobis,

Curt. 7, 1, 21:

mens sibi recti,

Verg. A. 1, 604; cf.

without sibi,

Ov. F. 4, 311:

admissae nequitiae,

Prop. 1, 15, 38:

audacis facti (lupus),

Verg. A. 11, 812.—

With dat.:

sibi factis mens,

Lucr. 3, 1018.—

With in:

nuila sibi turpi in re,

Lucr. 6, 393.—

With acc. and inf. as object, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 50: etsi mihi sum conscius, numquam [p. 427] me nimis cupidum fuisse vitae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10; Quint. 12, 11, 8.—

With rel. - or subj.-clause:

cum sibi conscius esset, quam inimicum deberet Caesarem habere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44 fin. —With adv.:

mulieres male sibi consciae,

Just. 2, 5, 7.— Absol.:

ego pol, quae mihi sum conscia, hoc certo scio, etc.,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 119:

conscia mens ut cuique sua est, etc.,

Ov. F. 1, 485.— Poet.:

virtus,

Verg. A. 12, 668.— Constrr. analogous to the Greek: conscius sum mihi benefacienti and benefaciens (sunoida emautôi pepoiêkoti or poiôn), are mentioned by Prisc. p. 1205 P., as much used earlier, but without exs. in proof.—

In partic., conscious to one's self of wrong (rare, and mostly poet.):

nihil est miserius quam animus hominis conscius,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 13:

animus,

Lucr. 4, 1131; Sall. C. 14, 3; Sen. Hippol. 496.— Poet.:

vultus,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 692.

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conscĭentĭa, ae, f. [conscio], a knowing of a thing together with another person, joint knowledge, consciousness (in good prose, and very freq.).

A joint knowledge of something, a being privy to, a knowing along with others, privity, cognizance, etc.

With gen. subj.:

omnium horum,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; so,

hominum,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

plurium,

Liv. 2, 54, 7:

liberti unius,

Tac. A. 6, 21; cf. Suet. Calig. 56 al.:

generis humani,

Tac. Agr. 2.—

With gen. obj. (thus for the most part in Tac.):

in conscientiam facinoris pauci asciti,

Tac. H. 1, 25:

facti,

id. A. 2, 22:

conjurationis,

id. H. 1, 42:

stupri,

Dig. 48, 5, 29.— Plur.:

consilia conscientiaeque ejus modi facinorum,

Cic. Clu. 20, 56. —

Absol.:

non modo eos persequi, ad quos maxime culpa corrupti judicii, sed etiam illos, ad quos conscientiae contagio pertinebit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

qui non modo a facti verum etiam a conscientiae suspitione afuit,

id. Cael. 10, 23:

nocte perfugit Tanagram, suam conscientiam metuens,

Liv. 33, 28, 10:

simulare,

Tac. A. 2, 40; 4, 3; cf. id. H. 1, 28; Curt. 7, 1, 31.—

Consciousness, knowledge, feeling, sense.

In gen. (rare).

With gen.:

unde haec illis tanta modestia, nisi a conscientiā virium et nostrarum et suarum?

Liv. 8, 4, 10 (cf. g); so,

contracti culpā periculi,

id. 3, 2, 11:

suae infirmitatis,

Quint. 1, 2, 10:

rebellionis,

Tac. A. 12, 31; cf.

defectionis,

id. Agr. 16:

victoriae,

id. ib. 27:

unionum in somno quoque,

Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40:

amissae fortunae,

a recollection, Flor. 2, 12, 10:

ipsa pulcherrimi facti,

Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 114:

officii mei benevolentiaeque,

id. Fam. 3, 7, 6 fin.:

scelerum tuorum,

id. Pis. 17, 39; cf. Sall. C. 5, 7:

peccatorum,

Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:

culpae,

Liv. 28, 19, 1 et saep.—In plur., Cic. Clu. 20, 56:

te conscientiae stimulant maleficiorum tuorum,

id. Par. 2, 2, 18; cf. under B. 2.—

With de: satisfactionem ex nullà conscientiā de culpā proponere decrevi, Cat. ap. Sall. C. 35, 2; cf. conscius, I. d—

With rel.-clause (very rare):

illi conscientia, quid abesset virium, detrectavere pugnam,

Liv. 3, 60, 6; 28, 19, 5.—

Absol.: ut nostram stabilem conscientiam contemnamus, aliorum errantem opinionem aucupemur, self-consciousness, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

illud se tacere suam conscientiam non pati,

Liv. 5, 25, 6:

in veris quoque sufficit conscientia,

consciousness, Quint. 11, 1, 17: sine hac quidem conscientiā ipsa illa ex tempore dicendi facultas inanem modo loquacitatem dabit, without this feeling, equiv. to without this persuasion, id. 10, 3, 2:

quamvis capite defectionis ablato manebat plerisque militum conscientia,

Tac. H. 1, 5.— So pregn., with ne, a conscientious fear, guilty fear, Tac. Agr. 42.—

In partic., a consciousness of right or wrong, the moral sense, conscience:

magna vis est conscientiae... in utramque partem, ut neque timeant qui nihil commiserint et poenam semper ante oculos versari putent qui peccarint,

Cic. Mil. 23, 61; cf.:

et virtutis et vitiorum grave ipsius conscientiae pondus,

id. N. D. 3, 35, 85:

bona conscientia turbam advocat, mala etiam in solitudine anxia atque sollicita est,

Sen. Ep. 43, 5:

ad purgandam publicam conscientiam,

Just. 31, 4, 3:

recta,

a good conscience, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4; cf.

egregia,

Liv. 29, 33, 9: bona, Cels. ap. Quint. 2, 15, 32; Quint. 6, 1, 33; 9, 2, 93; Tac. Agr. 1:

optima,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3:

salvā bonā conscientiā,

Sen. Q. N. 4, praef. §

15: integra,

Front. 1, 9, 3; Lact. 5, 19, 32:

mala,

a bad conscience, Sall. J. 62, 8; Quint. 12, 1, 3:

infelix,

id. 6, prooem. § 10.—

Prov.:

conscientia mille testes,

Quint. 5, 11, 41.—

Sometimes absol. for a good, or for a bad conscience.

A good conscience:

mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo,

Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2; cf.:

illud est hominis magni... maximi aestimare conscientiam mentis suae, etc.,

id. Clu. 58, 159:

in quibus ego nec dissentire a nostris salvā gratiā nec consentire salvā conscientiā possum,

Sen. Ep. 117, 1:

ad sacrificium integrā conscientiā venire,

Lact. 5, 19, 32; Front. Strat. 1, 9, 3.—

A bad conscience:

hunc tu quas conscientiae labes in animo censes habuisse?

Cic. Off. 3, 21, 85; id. Cat. 2, 6, 13; id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; Sall. C. 15, 4; id. J. 35, 4; Quint. 5, 13, 46.—In the same sense:

animi,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 53; 2, 17, 54; id. Att. 13, 49 fin.; Caes. B. C. 3, 60; Phaedr. 3, prol. 47; and in plur.:

suae (quemque) malae cogitationes conscientiaeque animi terrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 67.

ignārus, a, um (also, ‡ ignarures agnoountes, Gloss. Philox.; v. gnarus init.), adj. [in-gnarus, like ignavus, ignotus, from the negative in and gnavus, gnotus], ignorant of a thing, not knowing, unacquainted with, inexperienced, unaware (syn.: inscius, nescius, insciens).

Lit. (freq. and class.); constr. usu. with the gen.; less frequently with a rel.-clause, with acc. and inf., with inf. alone, or absol.

With gen.:

ait se peregrinum esse, hujus ignarum oppidi,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 43:

imprudens harum rerum ignarusque omnium,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 56:

audi, ne te ignarum fuisse dicas meorum morum,

id. Ad. 2, 1, 6; id. Hec. 4, 4, 53:

ignara artis meretriciae,

id. Heaut. 2, 1, 14:

oratorem ne physicorum quidem esse ignarum volo,

Cic. Or. 34, 119; cf.:

physicae rationis ignari,

id. N. D. 2, 21, 54:

ignarus si sit facundiae ac poliendae orationis,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

alicujus rei ignarus atque insolens,

id. ib. 1, 48, 207:

magna pars Pisonis ignari,

i. e. not knowing him, Tac. H. 4, 50; cf.:

alter alterius ignarus,

Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 109:

ignara puella mariti,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 132:

formica haud ignara ac non incauta futuri,

id. S. 1, 1, 35.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

qui gurges aut quae flumina lugubris Ignara belli,

Hor. C. 2, 1, 34; Stat. S. 2, 2, 149:

non ignara philosophiae grammatice,

Quint. 1, 4, 4:

ignara hujusce doctrinae loquacitas,

id. 12, 2, 20.—

With rel. clause:

ignari, quid gravitas, quid integritas... quid denique virtus valeret,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60; id. Top. 20, 75:

cum quid ageretur in locis reliquis, essent ignari,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 43, 2:

haud ignari quanta invidiae immineret, tempestas,

Liv. 3, 38, 6:

quo essent in loco ignari,

Quint. 8, 3, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

quamquam non sumus ignari multos studiose contra esse dicturos,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 3:

ignari venisse dictatorem,

Liv. 8, 36, 2; 21, 22, 1:

ignarus, non omnes esse rogandos,

Ov. M. 6, 263:

non quidem sibi ignarum, posse argui quod, etc.,

i. e. he well knew, Tac. A. 4, 8.—

With inf. alone:

placito ignara moveri Atropos,

Stat. Th. 3, 67.—

Absol.:

tu me ignaro nec opinante, inscio notes et tuos et tuorum amicorum necessarios, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 16, 40:

ubi imperium ad ignaros pervenit, etc.,

Sall. C. 51, 27; id. J. 91, 1; cf. id. Quint. 20, 64: obpressit igitur necopinantes ignarosque omnes Perseus. Liv. 40, 57, 1:

si quis laudat Arelli Sollicitas ignarus opes,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 79:

quisnam ignarum nostris deus appulit oris?

Verg. A. 3, 338.— Sup.: Ba. An nescis quae sit haec res? Si. Juxta cum ignarissimis, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 62.—

Transf.

Unmindful, regardless of any thing:

o socii (neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum), O passi graviora, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 198.—

Pass. (like gnarus), not known, unknown, = ignotus (mostly poet.;

not in Cic.): ignarus aeque (ac nescius) utroqueversum dicitur, non tantum qui ignorat, sed et qui ignoratur. Sallustius: more humanae cupidinis ignara visundi. Vergilius (A. 10, 706),

Gell. 9, 12, 20 sq.; cf. Non. 129, 18 sq.:

mare magnum et ignara lingua commercia prohibebant,

Sall. J. 18, 6:

quibus agrestis vita est, circumscriptio ignara est et fraus, Sen. de Ira, 3, 2: quem (amorem) non Fors ignara dedit, sed saeva Cupidinis ira,

unknown, obscure, Ov. M. 1, 453. —

With dat.: pauci interiere: plerosque velocitas et regio hostibus ignara tutata [p. 880] sunt, Sall. J. 52, 4; cf. Tac. A. 2, 13:

jamque aderat Theseus, proles ignara parenti,

Ov. M. 7, 404:

non quidem sibi ignara, quae de Silano vulgabantur,

Tac. A. 3, 69.— Sup.:

quaedam (sidera) sunt aliis omnino ignarissima,

Gell. 14, 1, 13.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

imprūdens ( inpr-), entis, adj. [2. inprudens], not foreseeing, not anticipating or expecting, without knowing, unaware, ignorant, inconsiderate, inadvertent, imprudent (class.; syn.: inconsideratus, incautus, improvidus).

Absol.:

equites missi nocte iter conficiunt, imprudentes atque inopinantes hostes aggrediuntur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 38, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 6, 3:

equites imprudentibus omnibus de improviso advolasse,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 3; Caes. B. G. 3, 29, 1; id. B. C. 2, 3, 1; id. B. G. 5, 15, 3:

haec omnia imprudente L. Sulla facta esse certe scio,

without the knowledge of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

scripsi etiam illud quodam in libello, qui me imprudente et invito excidit,

id. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

namque tu me inprudentem obrepseris,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 22:

plus hodie boni feci imprudens quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

unconsciously, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; cf. id. Heaut. 4, 1, 20:

adulescens,

inexperienced, id. Eun. 3, 1, 40:

probe horum facta imprudens depinxit senex,

without knowing it, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 38:

ut mihi imprudens M. Servilium praeterisse videare,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269 (cf. the opp. prudens praetereo, Hor. S. 1, 10, 88):

qua (definitione) tu etiam imprudens utebare nonnumquam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 5:

quod ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; 7, 1, 40:

numquam imprudentibus imber Obfuit, i. e. ignaris,

Verg. G. 1, 373 Serv. — Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

non imprudens consilium, si aditum haberet,

Petr. 102, 3: ne casu inprudentes suae naves in classem adversariorum inciderent, Auct. B. Afr. 11, 4.— Comp.:

quicquid horum ab imprudentioribus fiet (fieri autem nisi ab imprudentibus non potest), neglegendum,

Sen. Const. Sap. 19.— Sup.:

multa facit (sapiens), quae ab imprudentissimis aut aeque fieri videmus aut peritius aut exercitatius,

Sen. Ep. 90, 33; id. Const. Sap. 19, 1.—

With gen.:

imprudentes legis,

ignorant, Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95:

religionis,

Liv. 31, 14, 7:

maris,

id. 34, 9, 9:

aetatum,

Quint. 1, 1, 20.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:

frons tenera imprudensque laborum,

that has not experienced, Verg. G. 2, 372:

antiquitatis imprudens consuetudo,

Col. 3, 18, 1.—

With an object-clause:

non imprudens usurum eum rabie, qua, etc.,

Curt. 8, 8.—Hence, imprūdenter ( inpr-), adv., without foresight, unknowingly, ignorantly, inconsiderately, imprudently: etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum judicaram, [p. 910] Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, 1; Cic. Ac. 1, 6, 22:

facere,

Nep. Han. 2, 6:

(Codrus) imprudenter rixam ciens interemptus est,

Vell. 1, 2, 1.— Comp.:

ad flammam accessit imprudentius,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 103.

in-scĭus, a, um, adj., not knowing, ignorant of a thing (not used by Plaut. or Ter.; v. Ritschl, Proleg. p. 64 sq.; and cf. insciens); constr., absol., with gen., rarely with de, an acc., an inf., or a rel. clause (class.).

Absol.:

distinguere artificem ab inscio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 22:

is, quem vos ad mortem inscii misistis,

ignorantly, id. Planc. 16, 40:

inscios inopinantesque Menapios oppresserunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 4:

omnibus insciis, neque suspicantibus,

Hirt. B. Afr. 37.—

With gen.:

omnium rerum,

Cic. Brut. 85, 292:

haedulus inscius herbae,

Juv. 11, 66. —

With de aliqua re:

de malitia,

Dig. 16, 3, 31.—

With acc.: at enim scies ea, quae fuisti inscius, Turp. ap. Non. 501, 18.—

With inf.:

imperii flectere molem haud inscius,

Stat. Th. 3, 387 sq.: sutrinas facere inscius, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 17.—

With rel. clause:

inscii quid in Aeduis gereretur,

not knowing, Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

unde vitam sumeret inscius,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 37.—

With subj., Verg. A. 1, 718. —

Special phrase: non sum inscius, I am by no means unaware, I know very well:

nec vero sum inscius, esse utilitatem in historia,

Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 51.—

Pass., unknown:

trames,

App. M. 5, p. 170, 12; cf. nescius.— Adv.: inscĭē, ignorantly, App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 7.

prūdens, entis, adj. [contr. from providens].

Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.:

ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem,

Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis,

Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init. —

Transf.

Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in; poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.

With gen.:

ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris,

Nep. Con. 1, 2:

locorum,

Liv. 34, 28 fin.:

animus rerum prudens,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 35:

artis,

Ov. H. 5, 150:

animorum provinciae prudens,

Tac. Agr. 19:

doli prudens,

id. H. 2, 25:

agricolationis,

Col. 2, 2, 15.— Comp.:

prudentiores rerum rusticarum,

Col. 4, 2, 1; so,

earum rerum,

Gell. 14, 2, 4.— Sup.:

adulandi gens prudentissima,

Juv. 3, 86.—

With in:

prudens in jure civili,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—

With inf. or acc. and inf.:

nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 47:

prudens otii vitia negotio discuti,

Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111:

sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse,

Dig. 25, 6, 1, § 2.—

In partic.

Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.—

Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):

quos prudens praetereo,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.:

imprudens praeteriisse videris,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269):

ibis sub furcam prudens,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 66:

nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras,

id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364:

an prudens imprudensve rupisset,

Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo:

et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27:

ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin. —

In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.):

vir naturā peracutus et prudens,

Cic. Or. 5, 18:

quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior,

id. Clu. 38, 107:

prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum,

id. Leg. 1, 16, 45:

in existimando admodum prudens,

id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.:

prudentissimi in disserendo,

id. ib. 31, 118:

virum ad consilia prudentem,

id. Font. 15, 43:

quo nemo prudentior,

id. Lael. 1, 5:

homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi,

id. Rep. 1, 46, 10:

vir bonus et prudens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445:

si divitiae prudentem reddere possent,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 155:

prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior,

Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.:

prudens alia,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things:

prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio,

Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58:

prudens animi sententia,

Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433:

prudentissimum consilium,

Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —

Cautious, circumspect (very rare):

malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.):

facere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

rationem excogitare,

id. ib. 2, 12, 23:

multa ab eo prudenter disputata,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

multa provisa prudenter,

id. ib. 2, 6.— Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.— Sup.:

defendere,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

scribere,

id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.

prūdens, entis, adj. [contr. from providens].

Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.:

ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem,

Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis,

Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init. —

Transf.

Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in; poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.

With gen.:

ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris,

Nep. Con. 1, 2:

locorum,

Liv. 34, 28 fin.:

animus rerum prudens,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 35:

artis,

Ov. H. 5, 150:

animorum provinciae prudens,

Tac. Agr. 19:

doli prudens,

id. H. 2, 25:

agricolationis,

Col. 2, 2, 15.— Comp.:

prudentiores rerum rusticarum,

Col. 4, 2, 1; so,

earum rerum,

Gell. 14, 2, 4.— Sup.:

adulandi gens prudentissima,

Juv. 3, 86.—

With in:

prudens in jure civili,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—

With inf. or acc. and inf.:

nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 47:

prudens otii vitia negotio discuti,

Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111:

sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse,

Dig. 25, 6, 1, § 2.—

In partic.

Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.—

Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):

quos prudens praetereo,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.:

imprudens praeteriisse videris,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269):

ibis sub furcam prudens,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 66:

nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras,

id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364:

an prudens imprudensve rupisset,

Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo:

et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27:

ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin. —

In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.):

vir naturā peracutus et prudens,

Cic. Or. 5, 18:

quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior,

id. Clu. 38, 107:

prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum,

id. Leg. 1, 16, 45:

in existimando admodum prudens,

id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.:

prudentissimi in disserendo,

id. ib. 31, 118:

virum ad consilia prudentem,

id. Font. 15, 43:

quo nemo prudentior,

id. Lael. 1, 5:

homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi,

id. Rep. 1, 46, 10:

vir bonus et prudens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445:

si divitiae prudentem reddere possent,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 155:

prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior,

Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.:

prudens alia,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things:

prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio,

Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58:

prudens animi sententia,

Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433:

prudentissimum consilium,

Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —

Cautious, circumspect (very rare):

malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.):

facere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

rationem excogitare,

id. ib. 2, 12, 23:

multa ab eo prudenter disputata,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

multa provisa prudenter,

id. ib. 2, 6.— Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.— Sup.:

defendere,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

scribere,

id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.

prūdens, entis, adj. [contr. from providens].

Foreseeing, foreknowing (very rare); constr. with an objective clause, or absol.:

ille contra urinam spargit, prudens, hanc quoque leoni exitialem,

Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 136:

quos prudentis possumus dicere, id est providentis,

Cic. Div. 1, 49, 111: de futuro satis callidus satisque prudens, Ps.-Sall. ap. Cic. init. —

Transf.

Knowing, skilled, experienced, versed, practised in a thing (class.; syn.: peritus, consultus); constr. with gen. or in; poet. and post-Aug. also with inf.

With gen.:

ceterarum rerum pater familias et prudens et attentus,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

belli prudentes, Sall. Ep. Mith. (H. 4, 61, 16 Dietsch): rei militaris,

Nep. Con. 1, 2:

locorum,

Liv. 34, 28 fin.:

animus rerum prudens,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 35:

artis,

Ov. H. 5, 150:

animorum provinciae prudens,

Tac. Agr. 19:

doli prudens,

id. H. 2, 25:

agricolationis,

Col. 2, 2, 15.— Comp.:

prudentiores rerum rusticarum,

Col. 4, 2, 1; so,

earum rerum,

Gell. 14, 2, 4.— Sup.:

adulandi gens prudentissima,

Juv. 3, 86.—

With in:

prudens in jure civili,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6.—

With inf. or acc. and inf.:

nec pauperum prudens anus Novemdialis dissipare pulveres,

Hor. Epod. 17, 47:

prudens otii vitia negotio discuti,

Curt. 7, 1, 4:-ob ea se peti prudens, Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111:

sciens prudensque se praegnantem non esse,

Dig. 25, 6, 1, § 2.—

In partic.

Juris prudens, also prudens alone (like juris peritus), skilled or learned in the law; as subst.: jūrisprūdens, ntis, m., one learned in the law, a lawyer, jurist, jurisconsult (only post-class.), Dig. 38, 15, 2 fin.; 1, 2, 2; 1, 1, 7; 40, 7, 30; Just. Inst. 1, 2.—

Like sciens, knowing, wise, discreet, prudent; usually connected with sciens: prudens animam de corpore mitto, Enn. ap. Non. 150, 8 (Ann. v. 216 Vahl.):

quos prudens praetereo,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 88; 2, 5, 58 (cf.:

imprudens praeteriisse videris,

Cic. Brut. 77, 269):

ibis sub furcam prudens,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 66:

nequidquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano terras,

id. C. 1, 3, 22; 3, 29, 29; Ov. M. 3, 364:

an prudens imprudensve rupisset,

Gell. 20, 1, 34.—With sciens: amore ardeo:

et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27:

ut in fabulis Amphiaraus sic ego prudens et sciens ad pestem ante oculos positam sum profectus,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 6; Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin. —

In gen., sagacious, sensible, intelligent, clever, judicious, etc. (very freq.):

vir naturā peracutus et prudens,

Cic. Or. 5, 18:

quis P. Octavio ingenio prudentior, jure peritior,

id. Clu. 38, 107:

prudentem et, ut ita dicam, catum,

id. Leg. 1, 16, 45:

in existimando admodum prudens,

id. Brut. 68, 239; cf.:

prudentissimi in disserendo,

id. ib. 31, 118:

virum ad consilia prudentem,

id. Font. 15, 43:

quo nemo prudentior,

id. Lael. 1, 5:

homines amicissimi ac prudentissimi,

id. Rep. 1, 46, 10:

vir bonus et prudens,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 32; cf. id. A. P. 445:

si divitiae prudentem reddere possent,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 155:

prudentior ille consilio, hic animo magnificentior,

Just. 9, 8, 13.—With adverb. acc.:

prudens alia,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.—Of abstract things:

prudens, temperata, fortis, justa ratio,

Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58:

prudens animi sententia,

Ov. H. 21, 137: consilium, quod si non fuerit prudens, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 1; Ov. M. 13, 433:

prudentissimum consilium,

Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Hirt. B. Alex. 24. —

Cautious, circumspect (very rare):

malebant me nimium timidum quam satis prudentem existimari,

Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 2.— Hence, adv.: prūdenter, sagaciously, intelligently, discreetly, wisely, skilfully, learnedly, prudently, etc.: loqui, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 255 Vahl.):

facere,

Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 15; cf. id. Rep. 3, 9, 16:

rationem excogitare,

id. ib. 2, 12, 23:

multa ab eo prudenter disputata,

id. Lael. 1, 1:

multa provisa prudenter,

id. ib. 2, 6.— Comp., Aug. in Suet. Tib. 21; Quint. 9, 2, 44.— Sup.:

defendere,

Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150:

scribere,

id. Att. 13, 1, 1; Val. Max. 3, 3, 4 ext. 4.

săpĭo, īvi or ĭi (sapui, Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 10; id. Ep. 102, 10; but sapivi, Nov. ap. Prisc. p. 879 P.; id. ap. Non. 508, 21:

saPisti,

Mart. 9, 6, 7:

sapisset,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 8), 3, v. n. and a. [kindr. with opos, saphês, and sophos], to taste, savor; to taste, smack, or savor of, to have a taste or flavor of a thing (cf. gusto).

Lit. (so only in a few examples).

Of things eaten or drunk:

oleum male sapiet,

Cato, R. R. 66, 1:

occisam saepe sapere plus multo suem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 104:

quin caseus jucundissime sapiat,

Col. 7, 8, 2:

nil rhombus nil dama sapit,

Juv. 11, 121.—With an acc. of that of or like which a thing tastes:

quis (piscis) saperet ipsum mare,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 18, 2:

cum in Hispaniā multa mella herbam eam sapiunt,

Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 18:

ipsum aprum (ursina),

Petr. 66, 6.— Poet.: anas plebeium sapit, has a vulgar taste, Petr. poët. 93, 2:

quaesivit quidnam saperet simius,

Phaedr. 3, 4, 3.—

Of that which tastes, to have a taste or a sense of taste (perh. so used for the sake of the play upon signif. II.):

nec sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24.—

Transf., of smell, to smell of or like a thing (syn.: oleo, redoleo; very rare): Cicero, Meliora, inquit, unguenta sunt, quae terram quam crocum sapiunt. Hoc enim maluit dixisse quam redolent. Ita est profecto;

illa erit optima, quae unguenta sapiat,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 38:

invenitur unguenta gratiosiora esse, quae terram, quam quae crocum sapiunt,

id. 13, 3, 4, § 21.—In a lusus verbb. with signif. II.: istic servus quid sapit? Ch. Hircum ab alis, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 47.—

Trop.

To taste or smell of, savor of, i. e.,

To resemble (late Lat.):

patruos,

Pers. 1, 11.—

To suggest, be inspired by:

quia non sapis ea quae Dei sunt,

Vulg. Matt. 16, 23; id. Marc. 8, 33.—

Altum or alta sapere, to be high-minded or proud:

noli altum sapere,

Vulg. Rom. 11, 20:

non alta sapientes,

id. ib. 12, 16.—

To have good taste, i.e. to have sense or discernment; to be sensible, discreet, prudent, wise, etc. (the predominant signif. in prose and poetry; most freq. in the P. a.).

Neutr., Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 14:

si aequum siet Me plus sapere quam vos, dederim vobis consilium catum, etc.,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 73 sq.:

jam diu edepol sapientiam tuam abusa est haec quidem. Nunc hinc sapit, hinc sentit,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 30; cf.:

populus est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit tuerique vult per se constitutam rem publicam,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65;

so (with sentire),

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 292; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 19; id. Merc. 2, 2, 24; id. Trin. 3, 2, 10 sq.; cf.:

qui sapere et fari possit quae sentiat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 9; Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 14:

magna est admiratio copiose sapienterque dicentis, quem qui audiunt intellegere etiam et sapere plus quam ceteros arbitrantur,

Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48:

veluti mater Plus quam se sapere Vult (filium),

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 27:

qui (puer) cum primum sapere coepit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 1, 1; Poët. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1:

malo, si sapis, cavebis,

if you are prudent, wise, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 17; so,

si sapis,

id. Eun. 1, 1, 31; id. Men. 1, 2, 13; id. Am. 1, 1, 155; id. Aul. 2, 9, 5; id. Curc. 1, 1, 28 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 138:

si sapias,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 39; 4, 4, 61; id. Poen. 1, 2, 138; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 33; Ov. H. 5, 99; 20, 174:

si sapies,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 78; id. Rud. 5, 3, 35; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; Ov. M. 14, 675:

si sapiam,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 38; id. Rud. 1, 2, 8:

si sapiet,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 74:

si saperet,

Cic. Quint. 4, 16: hi sapient, * Caes. B. G. 5, 30: Ph. Ibo. Pl. Sapis, you show your good sense, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 9; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40:

hic homo sapienter sapit,

id. Poen. 3, 2, 26:

quae (meretrix) sapit in vino ad rem suam,

id. Truc. 4, 4, 1; cf. id. Pers. 1, 3, 28:

ad omnia alia aetate sapimus rectius,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 46:

haud stulte sapis,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 82:

te aliis consilium dare, Foris sapere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 50:

pectus quoi sapit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12; id. Mil. 3, 1, 191; id. Trin. 1, 2, 53; cf.:

cui cor sapiat,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24:

id (sc. animus mensque) sibi solum per se sapit, id sibi gaudet,

Lucr. 3, 145.—

Act., to know, understand a thing (in good prose usually only with general objects):

recte ego rem meam sapio,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 81:

nullam rem,

id. Most. 5, 1, 45: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132; Cic. Att. 14, 5, 1; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 65; cf.:

quamquam quis, qui aliquid sapiat, nunc esse beatus potest?

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 1:

quantum ego sapio,

Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 1:

jam nihil sapit nec sentit,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 22:

nihil,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 45:

plane nihil,

id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 55: nihil parvum, i. e. to occupy one ' s mind with nothing trivial (with sublimia cures), Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 15; cf.: cum sapimus patruos, i.e. resemble them, imitate them in severity, Pers. 1, 11. —

Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges, are wise behind the time; or, as the Engl. saying is, are troubled with afterwit:

sero sapiunt Phryges proverbium est natum a Trojanis, qui decimo denique anno velle coeperant Helenam quaeque cum eā erant rapta reddere Achivis,

Fest. p. 343 Müll.:

in Equo Trojano (a tragedy of Livius Andronicus or of Naevius) scis esse in extremo, Sero sapiunt. Tu tamen, mi vetule, non sero,

Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1.—Hence, să-pĭens, entis ( abl. sing. sapiente, Ov. M. 10, 622; gen. plur. sapientum, Lucr. 2, 8; Hor. S. 2, 3, 296;

but sapientium,

id. C. 3, 21, 14), P. a. (acc. to II.), wise, knowing, sensible, well-advised, discreet, judicious (cf. prudens).

In gen.:

ut quisque maxime perspicit, quid in re quāque verissimum sit, quique acutissime et celerrime potest et videre et explicare rationem, is prudentissimus et sapientissimus rite haberi solet,

Cic. Off. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

sapientissimum esse dicunt eum, cui quod opus sit ipsi veniat in mentem: proxume acceder illum, qui alterius bene inventis obtemperet,

id. Clu. 31, 84:

M. Bucculeius, homo neque meo judicio stultus et suo valde sapiens,

id. de Or. 1, 39, 179:

rex aequus ac sapiens,

id. Rep. 1, 26, 42; cf.:

Cyrus justissimus sapientissimusque rex,

id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

bonus et sapiens et peritus utilitatis civilis,

id. ib. 2, 29, 52:

o, Neptune lepide, salve, Neque te aleator ullus est sapientior,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 29:

quae tibi mulier videtur multo sapientissima?

id. Stich. 1, 2, 66:

(Aurora) ibat ad hunc (Cephalum) sapiens a sene diva viro,

wise, discreet, Ov. H. 4, 96 Ruhnk.; so,

puella,

id. M. 10, 622:

mus pusillus quam sit sapiens bestia,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 15; id. As. 3, 3, 114 et saep.—With gen. (analogous to gnarus, peritus, etc.):

qui sapiens rerum esse humanarum velit,

Gell. 13, 8, 2.— Subst.: săpĭens, entis, m., a sensible, shrewd, knowing, discreet, or judicious person:

semper cavere hoc sapientes aequissimumst,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 20; cf.:

omnes sapientes suom officium aequom est colere et facere,

id. Stich. 1, 1, 38; id. Trin. 2, 2, 84:

dictum sapienti sat est,

id. Pers. 4, 7, 19; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 8; Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 15 sq.:

insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 15:

sapiens causas reddet,

id. S. 1, 4, 115:

quali victu sapiens utetur,

id. ib. 2, 2, 63; 1, 3, 132.—In a lusus verbb. with the signif. of sapio, I., a person of nice taste:

qui utuntur vino vetere sapientes puto Et qui libenter veteres spectant fabulas,

good judges, connoisseurs, Plaut. Cas. prol. 5: fecundae [p. 1630] leporis sapiens sectabitur armos, Hor. S. 2, 4, 44.—As a surname of the jurists Atilius, C. Fabricius, M'. Curius, Ti. Coruncanius, Cato al., v. under B. fin. —

Of abstract things:

opera,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 5, 2:

excusatio,

Cic. Att. 8, 12, 2:

modica et sapiens temperatio,

id. Leg. 3, 7, 17:

mores,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 25:

verba,

Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 7:

consilium,

Ov. M. 13, 433:

Ulixes, vir sapienti facundiā praeditus,

Gell. 1, 15, 3:

morus, quae novissima urbanarum germinat, nec nisi exacto frigore, ob id dicta sapientissima arborum,

Plin. 16, 25, 41, § 102.—

After the predominance of Grecian civilization and literature, particularly of the Grecian philosophy, like sophos, well acquainted with the true value of things, wise; and subst., a wise man, a sage (in Cic. saepiss.): ergo hic, quisquis est, qui moderatione et constantiā quietus animo est sibique ipse placatus ut nec tabescat molestiis nec frangatur timore nec sitienter quid expetens ardeat desiderio nec alacritate futili gestiens deliquescat;

is est sapiens quem quaerimus, is est beatus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 37:

sapientium praecepta,

id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

si quod raro fit, id portentum putandum est: sapientem esse portentum est. Saepius enim mulam peperisse arbitror, quam sapientem fuisse,

id. Div. 2, 28, 61:

statuere quid sit sapiens, vel maxime videtur esse sapientis,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; cf. id. Rep. 1, 29, 45.—So esp. of the seven wise men of Greece:

ut ad Graecos referam orationem... septem fuisse dicuntur uno tempore, qui sapientes et haberentur et vocarentur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 137:

eos vero septem quos Graeci sapientes nominaverunt,

id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

sapienti assentiri... se sapientem profiteri,

id. Fin. 2,3, 7.—Ironically:

sapientum octavus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 296.—With the Romans, an appellation of Lœlius: te, Laeli, sapientem et appellant et existimant. Tribuebatur hoc modo M. Catoni: scimus L. Atilium apud patres nostros appellatum esse sapientem, sed uterque alio quodam modo: Atilius, qui prudens esse in jure civili putabatur;

Cato quia multarum rerum usum habebat... propterea quasi cognomen jam habebat in senectute sapientis... Athenis unum accepimus et eum quidem etiam Apollinis oraculo sapientissimum judicatum,

Cic. Lael. 2, 6; cf.:

numquam ego dicam C. Fabricium, M'. Curium, Ti. Coruncanium, quos sapientes nostri majores judicabant, ad istorum normam fuisse sapientes,

id. ib. 5, 18:

ii, qui sapientes sunt habiti, M. Cato et C. Laelius,

id. Off. 3, 4, 16; Val. Max. 4, 1, ext. 7; Lact. 4, 1.—Hence, adv.: săpĭen-ter, sensibly, discreetly, prudently, judiciously, wisely:

recte et sapienter facere,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 133; id. Mil. 3, 3, 34:

consulere,

id. ib. 3, 1, 90:

insipienter factum sapienter ferre,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 33:

factum,

id. Aul. 3, 5, 3:

dicta,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 24:

quam sapienter jam reges hoc nostri viderint,

Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31:

provisa,

id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

a majoribus prodita fama,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

considerate etiam sapienterque fecerunt,

id. Phil. 4, 2, 6; 13, 6, 13:

vives sapienter,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 44:

agendum,

Ov. M. 13, 377:

temporibus uti,

Nep. Epam. 3, 1; Hor. C. 4, 9, 48.— Comp.:

facis sapientius Quam pars latronum, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 15; id. Poen. prol. 7:

nemo est, qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso,

Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 1:

sapientius fecisse,

id. Brut. 42, 155.— Sup.:

quod majores nostros et probavisse maxime et retinuisse sapientissime judico,

Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63.