Latin

Noun

intellegentia f ‎(genitive intellegentiae); first declension

1. intelligence, the power of discernment
2. understanding, knowledge
3. taste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• intellēctus
• intellegēns
• intellegō

Participle

intellegentia

1. nominative neuter plural of intellegēns
2. accusative neuter plural of intellegēns
3. vocative neuter plural of intellegēns

References

• intellegentia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intellegentia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “intellegentia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
    
  • vague, undeveloped ideas: intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere