Definition of SAPIEN

sapien

Plural: sapiens

Noun

  • A human, a specimen of Homo sapiens.

Origin / Etymology

The word is a singular form, derived by back-formation and shortening of translingual Homo sapiens by interpreting the latter as an English plural form. However, in Latin the word sapiens is strictly singular, its plural form being sapientes (and the Latin plural of homo sapiens is homines sapientes).

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