gūsto

gūstātor, ōris, m. (gusto), I) der Koster, digitus, der Zeigefinger (mit dem man leckt, kostet) = δάκτυλος λιχανός, der Leckfinger, Hieron. in Isai. 11, 40, 12. – II) = πρωτογεύστης, der Vorkoster, Gloss. II, 36, 40.

gūstātus, ūs, m. (gusto), das Kosten, meton.: I) der Geschmackssinn, Geschmack, Cornif. rhet., Cic. u.a. – bildl., verae laudis gustatum non habere, kein Gefühl, keinen Sinn haben für w. R., w. R. nicht zu würdigen verstehen, Cic. Phil. 2, 115. – II) die Geschmacksempfindung, die eine Sache erregt, der Geschmack einer Sache, pomorum, Cic.: (uva) peracerba gustatu, Cic.

gūstus, ūs, m. ( gotisch kustus, ahd. kust, Prüfung), das Kosten, I) im allg., das (mäßige) Genießen, der (mäßige) Genuß von etwas, graminis cuiusdam, Quint. 5, 8, 1: sine crebro salis gustu, Plin. 31, 61. – II) insbes., das Kosten einer Speise, um ihren Geschmack kennen zu lernen, das Schmecken, der Geschmack, A) eig. u. übtr., 1) eig.: gustu explorare cibum, potum alcis, Tac., panis, potionis bonitatem, Col.: gustu libata potio, ein vorhergekostetes G., Tac. – 2) übtr., der Vorschmack, die Probe, das Pröbchen, Plin. ep.: dare alci gustum, Sen., gustum alcis rei, Col.: si hoc, quod gustui mittimus, non displicebit, *Fronto princ. hist. in. p. 202 N. (cod. gusto). – B) meton.: 1) das Gekostete: a) das Vorgericht, die Vorspeise, Mart. 11, 31, 4 u.a.: dass. Nbf. gūstum, ī, n., Apic., 4, 181 sqq. Porphyr. Hor. sat. 1, 3, 6. – b) ein Schluck Wasser, Petron. 77. § 7. – 2) = sapor, der Geschmack einer Sache, a) eig., Cels. u.a.: gustus vini austerior, Plin. – b) übtr.: sermo prae se ferens in verbis proprium quendam gustum urbis, Quint. 6, 3, 17. – 3) = gustatus, der Geschmack als Sinn, der Geschmackssinn, Cels. 4, 26 (19). Col. 1, 8, 18: neben den andern Sinnen (visus, auditus, tactus, odoratus), Gell. 6, 7 (6), 1 u. 19, 2, 1. Macr. 7, 9, 16. Augustin. epist. 137, 6. Ambros. in Luc. 7. § 113 u. 140. Schol. Bern. Verg. georg. 2,

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246. – ⇒ Cic. Phil. 2, 115 liest man längst gustatum, u. Cic. in Clod. et Cur. 4. no. 4 ist wahrsch. auch gustatu st. gustu (Dat.) zu lesen. – Form gusti = gustui, Petron. 76, 5 non mehercules mi haec iactura gusti fuit.

ingūstābilis, e (in u. gusto), ungenießbar, fons, Plin. 2, 238: bacae acerbae et ingustabiles cunctis animantibus, Plin. 16, 105.

ingūstātus, a, um (in u. gusto), noch nie vorher gekostet (genossen), ilia rhombi, Hor. sat. 2, 8, 30.

in-gūsto, āre, zu kosten geben, Iovi sanguinem, Tert. adv. gnost. 7.

prae-gūsto, āvī, ātum, āre, I) vorher kosten, a) eig.: cibos, Ov.: omnes cibos, Sen. rhet.: potum regis, Iustin. – Partiz. subst., praegustantēs, ium, m., die Vorkoster (s. praegustator no. I), Plin. 21, 12. – b) übtr., vorher genießen, voluptates, Sen. de vit. beat. 7, 2. – II) prägn., vorher zu sich nehmen, medicamina (Gegengifte), Iuven. 6, 660.

re-gūsto, āvī, ātum, āre, wieder-, noch einmal kosten, wiederholentlich kosten, I) eig.: bilem suam, Sen. de prov. 3, 13 H.: salinum, auslecken, Pers. 5, 138. – II) übtr.: crebro litteras alcis, den Genuß, den das Lesen von jmds. Brief gewährt, sich oft gönnen, Cic. ad Att. 13, 13, 3: laudationem, ibid. 13, 48, 2.

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bĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [akin to benus, bonus, and, acc. to Fick, connected with deidô, deinos], to make happy, to bless (as verb. finit. rare, and mostly poet. for fortuno, beatum efficio; not in Cic.).

In gen., to gladden, rejoice, refresh:

hoc me beat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 12:

foris aliquantillum etiam quod gusto, id beat,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 34:

ecquid beo te?

does that gladden thee? Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47.—Hence, in colloq. lang. beas or beasti, that delights me, I am rejoiced at that, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 66; Ter. And. 1, 1, 79.—

Aliquem aliquā re, to make happy, reward with, enrich:

caelo Musa beat,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 29:

seu te... bearis Interiore notā Falerni,

id. ib. 2, 3, 7:

ne dominus Munere te parvo beet,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

Latium beabit divite linguā,

id. ib. 2, 2, 121.—Hence, bĕātus, a, um, P. a.

Happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.:

felix, fortunatus): neque ulla alia huic verbo, cum beatum dicimus, subjecta notio est, nisi, secretis malis omnibus, cumulata bonorum complexio,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

hic tyrannus ipse judicavit quam esset beatus,

id. ib. 5, 20, 61:

qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior: si est enim quod desit, ne beatus quidem est,

id. ib. 5, 8, 23:

beatus, ni unum hoc desit,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 18; Afran. ap. Non. p. 517, 17:

beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, etc.,

Hor. Epod. 2, 1:

nihil est ab omni Parte beatum,

id. C. 2, 16, 28:

beatissima vita,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—

Transf.:

satisne videtur declarasse Dionysius nihil ei esse beatum, cui, etc.,

a cause of happiness, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—

Subst.

bĕāti, ōrum, m., the happy, fortunate persons:

istam oscitantem sapientiam Scaevolarum et ceterorum beatorum concedamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

Phraaten numero beatorum Eximit Virtus,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 18.—

bĕātum, i, n. ( = beatitas, beatitudo, q. v.), happiness, blessedness:

in quā sit ipsum etiam beatum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

ex bonis, quae sola honesta sunt, efficiendum est beatum,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45.—

Esp.

Of outward prosperity, opulent, wealthy, rich, in good circumstances:

Dionysius tyrannus fuit opulentissumae et beatissumae civitatis (sc. Syracusarum),

Cic. N.D. 3, 33, 81:

res omnes quibus abundant ii, qui beati putantur,

id. ib. 2, 37, 95; Plaut. Curc. 3, 1:

ut eorum ornatus... hominis non beatissimi suspicionem prae, beret,

Nep. Ages. 8, 2; Hor. C. 2, 4, 13; 2, 18, 14; 3, 7, 3; 3, 16, 32; 3, 29, 11; id. S. 2-8, 1; id. Epod. 16, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 34.— As subst.: bĕāti, ōrum, m., the rich:

noli nobilibus, noli conferre beatis,

Prop. 2, 9, 33.—

Poet., of inanimate things, rich, abundant, excellent, splendid, magnificent:

gazae,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 1:

arces,

id. ib. 2, 6, 21:

Cyprus,

id. ib. 3, 26, 9:

copia,

id. C.S. 59:

rus,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 14.—With abl., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:

nectar,

Mart. 9, 12, 5; Cat. 68, 14: argentum felix omnique beatius auro, Ov P 2, 8, 5.— Trop.:

ubertas,

overflowing, Quint. 10, 1, 109:

copia,

id. 10, 1, 61:

eventus,

Tac. Dial. 9.—

Late Lat., blessed, i. e. deceased, dead:

quem cum beatum fuisse Sallustius respondisset, intellexit occisum,

Amm. 25, 3, 21:

beatae memoriae,

of blessed memory, Hier. Ep. ad Marc. 24; cf.: si nobis, cum ex hac vitā emigraverimus, in beatorum insulis inmortale aevum, ut fabulae ferunt, degere liceret, Cic. ap. Aug. Trin. 14, 9 (Fragm. Hortens. 40 B. and K.).—

Beatissimus, in late Lat., a title of the higher clergy, Cod. 1, 4, 13; Auct. Collat. 9, 6; Novell. 123, 3 al. —Hence, adv.: bĕātē, happily, Cat. 14, 10:

vivere,

Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33; id. Div. 2, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 12, 29; id. Fin. 2, 27, 86; id. Par 1, 3, 15.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 92, 24.— Sup., Sen. Cons. Helv. 9, 4.

bĕo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [akin to benus, bonus, and, acc. to Fick, connected with deidô, deinos], to make happy, to bless (as verb. finit. rare, and mostly poet. for fortuno, beatum efficio; not in Cic.).

In gen., to gladden, rejoice, refresh:

hoc me beat,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 12:

foris aliquantillum etiam quod gusto, id beat,

id. Capt. 1, 2, 34:

ecquid beo te?

does that gladden thee? Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47.—Hence, in colloq. lang. beas or beasti, that delights me, I am rejoiced at that, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 66; Ter. And. 1, 1, 79.—

Aliquem aliquā re, to make happy, reward with, enrich:

caelo Musa beat,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 29:

seu te... bearis Interiore notā Falerni,

id. ib. 2, 3, 7:

ne dominus Munere te parvo beet,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 75:

Latium beabit divite linguā,

id. ib. 2, 2, 121.—Hence, bĕātus, a, um, P. a.

Happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate (very freq. in prose and poetry; cf.:

felix, fortunatus): neque ulla alia huic verbo, cum beatum dicimus, subjecta notio est, nisi, secretis malis omnibus, cumulata bonorum complexio,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 10, 29:

hic tyrannus ipse judicavit quam esset beatus,

id. ib. 5, 20, 61:

qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior: si est enim quod desit, ne beatus quidem est,

id. ib. 5, 8, 23:

beatus, ni unum hoc desit,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 18; Afran. ap. Non. p. 517, 17:

beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, etc.,

Hor. Epod. 2, 1:

nihil est ab omni Parte beatum,

id. C. 2, 16, 28:

beatissima vita,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 23.—

Transf.:

satisne videtur declarasse Dionysius nihil ei esse beatum, cui, etc.,

a cause of happiness, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—

Subst.

bĕāti, ōrum, m., the happy, fortunate persons:

istam oscitantem sapientiam Scaevolarum et ceterorum beatorum concedamus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

Phraaten numero beatorum Eximit Virtus,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 18.—

bĕātum, i, n. ( = beatitas, beatitudo, q. v.), happiness, blessedness:

in quā sit ipsum etiam beatum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

ex bonis, quae sola honesta sunt, efficiendum est beatum,

id. Tusc. 5, 15, 45.—

Esp.

Of outward prosperity, opulent, wealthy, rich, in good circumstances:

Dionysius tyrannus fuit opulentissumae et beatissumae civitatis (sc. Syracusarum),

Cic. N.D. 3, 33, 81:

res omnes quibus abundant ii, qui beati putantur,

id. ib. 2, 37, 95; Plaut. Curc. 3, 1:

ut eorum ornatus... hominis non beatissimi suspicionem prae, beret,

Nep. Ages. 8, 2; Hor. C. 2, 4, 13; 2, 18, 14; 3, 7, 3; 3, 16, 32; 3, 29, 11; id. S. 2-8, 1; id. Epod. 16, 41; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 34.— As subst.: bĕāti, ōrum, m., the rich:

noli nobilibus, noli conferre beatis,

Prop. 2, 9, 33.—

Poet., of inanimate things, rich, abundant, excellent, splendid, magnificent:

gazae,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 1:

arces,

id. ib. 2, 6, 21:

Cyprus,

id. ib. 3, 26, 9:

copia,

id. C.S. 59:

rus,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 14.—With abl., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 139:

nectar,

Mart. 9, 12, 5; Cat. 68, 14: argentum felix omnique beatius auro, Ov P 2, 8, 5.— Trop.:

ubertas,

overflowing, Quint. 10, 1, 109:

copia,

id. 10, 1, 61:

eventus,

Tac. Dial. 9.—

Late Lat., blessed, i. e. deceased, dead:

quem cum beatum fuisse Sallustius respondisset, intellexit occisum,

Amm. 25, 3, 21:

beatae memoriae,

of blessed memory, Hier. Ep. ad Marc. 24; cf.: si nobis, cum ex hac vitā emigraverimus, in beatorum insulis inmortale aevum, ut fabulae ferunt, degere liceret, Cic. ap. Aug. Trin. 14, 9 (Fragm. Hortens. 40 B. and K.).—

Beatissimus, in late Lat., a title of the higher clergy, Cod. 1, 4, 13; Auct. Collat. 9, 6; Novell. 123, 3 al. —Hence, adv.: bĕātē, happily, Cat. 14, 10:

vivere,

Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 33; id. Div. 2, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 12, 29; id. Fin. 2, 27, 86; id. Par 1, 3, 15.— Comp., Sen. Ep. 92, 24.— Sup., Sen. Cons. Helv. 9, 4.

dē-gusto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to taste, and thus diminish a thing (cf. delibo and apogeuomai—rare but class., esp. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

vinum,

Cato R. R. 148:

pabulum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15:

novas fruges aut vina,

Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8:

vasa vel dolia,

Dig. 18, 6, 1.—

Poet. transf., of fire:

ignes flammā degustant tigna trabesque,

lick, Lucr. 2, 192. And of a weapon that slightly touches, grazes:

(lancea) summum degustat volnere corpus,

Verg. A. 12, 376; imitated by Sil. 5, 274.—

Trop.

To try, make trial of, make one's self acquainted with:

eandem vitam,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21:

literas primis labris,

Quint. 12, 2, 4:

aliquid speculae ex ejus sermone,

Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

aliquid de fabulis,

Brut. in Cic. Att. 13, 40: genus hoc exercitationum, Cic. Par. prooem. fin.:

summatim ingenia maximorum virorum,

Sen. Ep. 33:

imperium,

Tac. A. 6, 20 fin.:

istum convivam tuum,

Cic. Att. 4, 8 fin. —

(Acc. to no. I. B.) To touch slightly upon, to treat briefly of:

plures materiae inchoatae et quasi degustatae,

Quint. 10, 5, 23:

haec prooemio (opp. consumere),

id. 4, 1, 14:

genera (opp. excutere bibliothecas),

id. 10, 1, 104.

jŭvo, jūvi, jūtum, 1 (juvaturus, Sall. J. 47, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 13:

iuerint,

Cat. 66, 18), v. a. and n. [perh. root div-, to gleam; cf. dies], to help, aid, assist, support, benefit (cf.: auxilior, subvenio, opitulor).

In gen.:

qui se natos ad homines juvandos, tutandos, conservandos arbitrantur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32:

beatae vitae disciplinam juvare,

id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

aliquem omni suo studio in petitione,

id. Fam. 11, 17, 2:

aliquem auxilio laboris,

id. Balb. 9:

hostes frumento,

Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

juvit facundia causam,

Ov. M. 7, 505:

imbres arva juvantes,

id. A. A. 1, 647:

(Juppiter) juvat imbribus agros,

id. P. 2, 1, 13:

aliquem portuque locoque,

by receiving into harbor and house, id. H. 2, 55:

nudum hospitio tectoque,

Juv. 3, 211:

pectora alloquio,

Ov. P. 1, 6, 18:

audentes deus ipse juvat,

id. M. 10, 586:

audentes Fortuna juvat,

Verg. A. 10, 284:

aliquem in aliqua re,

Cat. 68, 41.—With two acc.:

aliquid Rutulos,

Verg. A. 10, 84. —Of medical assistance:

qui salutari juvat arte fessos,

Hor. C. S. 63; Ov. Tr. 2, 270; Plin. 23, 1, 10, § 14: dis juvantibus or deo juvante, with God's help:

me, dis juvantibus, ante brumam exspecta,

Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2; id. N. D. 2, 66, 165; cf.:

non denique quicquam aliud nisi juvantibus sacris deligunt,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 21.—In pass.:

lex Cornelia proscriptum juvari vetat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

viatico a me juvabitur,

Liv. 44, 22:

precor, quaeras, qua sim tibi parte juvandus,

Ov. P. 4, 12 fin.:

placuit sollertia, tempore etiam juta,

Tac. A. 14, 4 init. (al. adjuta):

nec sola (lingua) loquendi munus implere potest, nisi juta, etc.,

Lact. Opif. D. 10, 13.— Impers., juvat, it is of use; with a subject-clause:

juvat Ismara Baccho Conserere,

Verg. G. 2, 37:

quid docuisse juvabat?

Ov. M. 7, 858; cf.:

quid juvat esse deum?

id. ib. 13, 965.—

In partic., to delight, gratify, please:

juvare in utroque (in sensu et in animo) dicitur: ex eoque jucundum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14. —In this sense rarely as a personal verb: nec umquam quicquam me juvat quod edo domi;

Foris... quod gusto id beat,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 34:

non omnis arbusta juvant humilesque myricae,

Verg. E. 4, 2:

nec me vita juvaret, invisa civibus et militibus meis,

Liv. 28, 27:

si nec fabellae te juvant nec fabulae,

Phaedr. 4, 7, 22:

multos castra juvant,

Hor. C. 1, 23:

aurem juvantia verba,

Ov. A. A. 2, 159.—In pass.:

refer ad aures, probabunt: quaere, cur? ita se dicent juvari,

Cic. Or. 48, 159.—More freq. impers., juvat (aliquem), with subject-clause, it delights, pleases, I (thou, he, etc.) am delighted, take pleasure in:

juvit me, tibi tuas litteras profuisse,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 3:

juvat me haec praeclara nomina artificum... concidisse,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

juvat evasisse tot urbes Argolicas,

id. ib. 3, 282:

insano juvat indulgere labori,

id. ib. 6, 135:

si pereo, hominum manibus periisse juvabit,

id. ib. 3, 606:

quae scire magis juvat quam prodest,

Sen. Ep. 106.

prae-gusto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To taste beforehand ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

cibos,

Ov. Am. 1, 4, 33; Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12:

pocula,

Juv. 6, 633:

potum regis,

Just. 12, 14:

caro bestiis praegustata,

Vulg. Exod. 22, 31.—

In gen., to take, eat, or drink beforehand:

medicamina, for antidota,

Juv. 6, 660.

rĕ-gusto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to taste again or repeatedly (very rare).

Lit.:

bilem suam regustantes,

Sen. Prov. 3, 13:

regustatum digito terebrare salinum,

i. e. licked out, Pers. 5, 138.—

Trop.:

illam (laudationem Lollii) legi, volo tamen regustare,

i. e. to read again, Cic. Att. 13, 48, 2:

crebro regusto litteras,

id. ib. 13, 13, 3: ille Latinus attikismos ex intervallo regustandus, id. ib. 4, 17, 1.

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.