sagacitas

sagacitas
săgācĭtas, ātis, f. [sagax], 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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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