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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Present active participle of intellegō (“I understand; perceive”).
Participle
intellegēns (genitive intellegentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- understanding, realising.
- perceiving, discerning.
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “intellegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intellegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intellegens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
- a (competent, intelligent, subtle) critic: existimator (doctus, intellegens, acerrimus)
- good taste; delicate perception: iudicium subtile, elegans, exquisitum, intellegens
- (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere