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Italian
Etymology
From Old Occitan savi, from Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sapido, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
savio (feminine savia, masculine plural savi, feminine plural savie)
- wise
- sensible
Derived terms
Noun
savio m (plural savi)
- a wise man
mid 13th century, Gherardo Patecchio, Splanamento de li proverbi di Salomone [Explanation of Solomon's proverbs], lines 13–14; collected in Roberto Tagliani, editor, compiled by Maria Luisa Meneghetti, Il manoscritto Saibante-Hamilton 390 - Edizione critica, Rome: Salerno Editrice, 2019, →ISBN, page 324:Li savi no ’m reprenda s’eu no dirai sì ben
com’ se vorave dir […] (northern Italy)- May the wise not reproach me, if I do not retell as well as one should retell
References
- savio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
savio (Cyrillic spelling савио)
- masculine singular active past participle of saviti