Sapientia

See also: sapientia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sap. (citational abbreviation)

Etymology

Translating the Ancient Greek Septuagint’s Σοφῐ́ᾱ (Σολομῶντος) (Sophĭ́ā (Solomôntos), “Wisdom [of Solomon]”). The other book of the Bible entitled Σοφῐ́ᾱ… (Sophĭ́ā…, “Wisdom…”)—Σοφία Σειράχ (Sophía Seirákh, “Wisdom of Sirach”)—usually goes by the name Ecclēsiasticus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.piˈen.ti.a/, [s̠äpiˈɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.piˈen.t͡si.a/, [säpiˈɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
• Homophone: sapientia

Proper noun

Sapientia f sg (genitive Sapientiae); first declension

1. Wisdom (Book of Wisdom)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sapientia
genitive	Sapientiae
dative	Sapientiae
accusative	Sapientiam
ablative	Sapientiā
vocative	Sapientia

Further reading

• Liber Sapientiae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la