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7-letter words (3 found)

ASPINES,PANSIES,SAPIENS,

6-letter words (16 found)

ANISES,ASPENS,ASPIES,ASPINE,SANIES,SANSEI,SASINE,SEPIAS,SNEAPS,SNIPES,SPAINS,SPANES,SPEANS,SPINAE,SPINAS,SPINES,

5-letter words (49 found)

ANISE,APSES,APSIS,ASPEN,ASPIE,ASPIS,ISNAE,NAPES,NEAPS,NIPAS,NISSE,PAINS,PAISE,PANES,PASES,PASSE,PEANS,PEINS,PENIS,PIANS,PINAS,PINES,PISES,SAINE,SAINS,SANES,SASIN,SEANS,SENAS,SENSA,SENSI,SEPIA,SIENS,SINES,SIPES,SNAPS,SNEAP,SNIES,SNIPE,SNIPS,SPAES,SPAIN,SPANE,SPANS,SPEAN,SPIES,SPINA,SPINE,SPINS,

4-letter words (63 found)

AINE,AINS,ANES,ANIS,APES,APSE,ASPS,EANS,EINA,ISNA,NAES,NAPE,NAPS,NEAP,NEPS,NESS,NIES,NIPA,NIPS,PAIN,PAIS,PANE,PANS,PASE,PASS,PEAN,PEAS,PEIN,PENI,PENS,PIAN,PIAS,PIES,PINA,PINE,PINS,PISE,PISS,PSIS,SAIN,SAIS,SANE,SANS,SAPS,SEAN,SEAS,SEIS,SENA,SENS,SEPS,SIEN,SIES,SINE,SINS,SIPE,SIPS,SNAP,SNIP,SPAE,SPAN,SPAS,SPIE,SPIN,

3-letter words (41 found)

AIN,AIS,ANE,ANI,ANS,APE,ASP,ASS,EAN,EAS,ENS,ESS,INS,NAE,NAP,NAS,NEP,NIE,NIP,NIS,PAN,PAS,PEA,PEN,PES,PIA,PIE,PIN,PIS,PSI,SAE,SAI,SAN,SAP,SEA,SEI,SEN,SIN,SIP,SIS,SPA,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AI,AN,AS,EA,EN,ES,IN,IS,NA,NE,PA,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 188 words from sapiens according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sapiens

sapiens

Etymology

From translingual Homo sapiens, from Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”).

Noun

sapiens (plural sapiens or sapientes)

  1. A human being (Homo sapiens).

Anagrams

  • Espinas, Pesinas, pansies, senpais

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of sapiō (“I discern”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.pi.ens/, [ˈs̠äpiẽːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.pi.ens/, [ˈsäːpiens]

Participle

sapiēns (genitive sapientis, comparative sapientior, superlative sapientissimus, adverb sapienter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. discerning, wise, judicious
    Synonyms: callidus, prūdēns, sollers
    Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, āmēns, dēmēns
  2. discreet
  3. (masculine substantive) a wise man, sage, philosopher
    • (Can we date this quote?) Anonymous
      Sapiens nihil affirmat quod non probat ― a wise man asserts nothing which he does not (ap)prove

Declension

Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

  • barbā tenus sapiēns

Descendants

References

  • “sapiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sapiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sapiens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sapiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Noun

sapiens

  1. Alternative form of sapience

Source: wiktionary.org