noun
sapien
Sapien (noun) means a human, a specimen of Homo sapiens.
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A human, a specimen of Homo sapiens.
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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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"sapien" (noun) means a human, a specimen of Homo sapiens.