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[ sey-pee-uhnz ] / ˈseɪ pi ənz /
adjectiveof, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens). Origin of sapiensBorrowed into English from New Latin around 1935–40 Words nearby sapienssaphena, saphenous, saphenous nerve, saphenous vein, sapid, sapiens, sapient, sapiential, sapindaceous, sapiosexual, Sapir Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sapiensI have discovered the sapiens' blood is the only antidote to your contamination. The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks|Max Brooks|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST Let us look at their race a long time back—when they first became Nipe sapiens. Anything You Can Do|Gordon Randall Garrett Vir sapiens forti melior—A wise man is better than a strong. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood He was the son-in-law of Lælius, surnamed Sapiens, or the Prudent. Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV|Aubrey Stewart
The genitive construction is not found with sapiens used as noun or adjective till late Latin times. Cato Maior de Senectute|Marcus Tullius Cicero Unfortunately for him, he was called by his admiring fellow-monks, in his lifetime, Sapiens—the Wise.
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