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Latin
Etymology
From calleō + -idus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
callidus (feminine callida, neuter callidum, comparative callidior, superlative callidissimus, adverb callidē); first/second-declension adjective
- wise, clever, ingenious
- Synonyms: sapiēns, prūdēns, sollers
- Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns
- adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty
- Synonyms: vafer, doctus, instructus, gnārus, perītus
- Antonyms: ineptus, rudis, inexpertus, imperītus, iners, incapāx, hospes, ignārus
- (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) discreet
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Proverbs.14.8:
- Sapientia callidī est intellegere viam suam: et inprūdentiā stultōrum errāns.
- The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “callidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “callidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- callidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.