savio

From Old Occitan savi, from Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Doublet of sapido, a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vjo/
• Rhymes: -avjo
• Hyphenation: sà‧vio

savio (feminine savia, masculine plural savi, feminine plural savie)

1. wise
2. sensible

• saviamente

savio m (plural savi)

1. a wise man
   • mid 13^th 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^[1], 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 […]

• savio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Soavi, osavi, soavi

savio (Cyrillic spelling савио)

1. masculine singular active past participle of saviti