Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section V. Results of Reasoning
Faculties

500. Sage.

   NOUN:SAGE, wise man; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead, thinker, philosopher.
  AUTHORITY, oracle, mentor, luminary, shining light, esprit fort [F.], magnus Apollo [L.], Solon, Solomon, Buddha, Confucius, Mentor, Nestor, the Magi; Seven Wise Men of Greece, Seven Sages, Philosophical Pleiad; “second Daniel.”
  savant [F.], pundit (scholar) [See Scholar]; wiseacre [archaic or ironical]; expert [See Proficient]; wizard [See Sorcerer].
   ADJECTIVE:VENERABLE, venerated, reverenced, revered, honored, looked up to; authoritative, wise, oracular; erudite (knowledge) [See Knowledge]; emeritus [L.].
   QUOTATIONS:

1. Barbâ tenus sapientes.
2. O wise young judge, how I do honor thee.—Merchant of Venice