intellegens
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of intellegō (“I understand; perceive”).
Participle edit
intellegēns (genitive intellegentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | intellegēns | intellegentēs | intellegentia | ||
| Genitive | intellegentis | intellegentium | |||
| Dative | intellegentī | intellegentibus | |||
| Accusative | intellegentem | intellegēns | intellegentēs intellegentīs |
intellegentia | |
| Ablative | intellegente intellegentī1 |
intellegentibus | |||
| Vocative | intellegēns | intellegentēs | intellegentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References edit
- “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[1], 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
- a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)