intellegentia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛl.lɛˈɡɛn.ti.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̪.t̪el.leˈd͡ʒɛn.t̪͡s̪i.a]
- Hyphenation: in‧tel‧le‧gen‧ti‧a
Etymology 1
From intellegēns (“understanding, discerning”) + -ia (abstract noun suffix).
Alternative forms
Noun
intellegentia f (genitive intellegentiae); first declension
- intelligence, the power of discernment
- understanding, knowledge
- taste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur
Declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | intellegentia | intellegentiae |
genitive | intellegentiae | intellegentiārum |
dative | intellegentiae | intellegentiīs |
accusative | intellegentiam | intellegentiās |
ablative | intellegentiā | intellegentiīs |
vocative | intellegentia | intellegentiae |
Related terms
Descendants
From the alternative form intelligentia:
- → French: intelligence
- → Russian: интеллигенция (intelligencija)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
intellegentia
- nominative/accusative/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
- intellegentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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
- to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid