calliditas

Latin

Etymology

From callidus (“cunning, sly, crafty; wise, clever, ingenious”) +‎ -tās.

Noun

calliditās f (genitive calliditātis); third declension

  1. shrewdness, readiness, aptness
    Synonyms: prūdentia, sapientia, scientia
    Antonyms: ineptitūdō, inertia, stultitia, stupiditās, īnsapientia, imprūdentia
  2. skill, skilfulness
    Synonym: sapientia
    Antonym: inertia
  3. cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative calliditās calliditātēs
genitive calliditātis calliditātum
dative calliditātī calliditātibus
accusative calliditātem calliditātēs
ablative calliditāte calliditātibus
vocative calliditās calliditātēs

References

  • “calliditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calliditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calliditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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