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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=astutia astutiae N F :: cunning, cleverness, astuteness; cunning procedure/method, trick, stratagem
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>astūtĭa</b>: ae, f. [[astutus]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[quality]] of [[being]] [[astutus]], orig. ([[like]] [[acumen]], [[dolus]], etc.) [[dexterity]], [[adroitness]], and also (eccl. Lat.) [[understanding]], [[wisdom]]: Quibus (feris) abest ad praecavendum intellegendi [[astutia]], Pac. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 122 Rib.): ut detur parvulis [[astutia]], Vulg. Prov. 1, 4: intellegite, parvuli, astutiam, ib. ib. 8, 5.—But [[very]] [[early]] used in a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[cunning]], [[slyness]], [[subtlety]], [[craft]] as a [[habit]] ([[most]] freq. in ante-class. and Ciceron. Lat.; [[afterwards]] supplanted by [[astus]], q. v.): est nobis [[spes]] in hac astutiā, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 53: nec copiast [Me expediundi], [[nisi]] si astutiam [[aliquam]] corde [[machinor]], id. ib. 3, 3, 15 Fleck.; 3, 4, 7; id. Ep. 3, 2, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 82: [[nunc]] [[opus]] est tuā Mihi ad hanc rem expromptā malitiā [[atque]] astutiā, Ter. And. 4, 3, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 32: [[quod]] si aut [[confidens]] [[astutia]] aut callida esset [[audacia]], vix ullo obsisti [[modo]] posset, Cic. Clu. 65, 183: quae [[tamen]] non astutiā quādam, sed aliquā [[potius]] sapientiā secutus [[sum]], id. Fam. 3, 10, 9: qui (Deus) adprehendit sapientes in astutiā eorum, Vulg. Job, 5, 13; ib. 1 Cor. 3, 19; ib. Ephes. 4, 14.—Also plur.: in regionem astutiarum mearum te [[induco]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 78; so id. Ep. 3, 2, 39: Hem astutias, Ter. And. 3, 4, 25 [[Don]].: [[aliter]] leges, [[aliter]] philosophi tollunt astutias, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; 3, 17, 61.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>astūtĭa</b>,¹² æ, f., ruse, machination astucieuse : Pl. Epid. 363 ; Capt. 530, etc. ; astutias tollere Cic. Off. 3, 68, supprimer les artifices (les pièges astucieux) &#124;&#124; astuce, ruse : Ter. Haut. 710 ; Andr. 733 ; Cic. Clu. 183 ; Fam. 3, 10, 9 &#124;&#124; adresse : Sall. C. 26, 2.||astuce, ruse : Ter. Haut. 710 ; Andr. 733 ; Cic. Clu. 183 ; Fam. 3, 10, 9||adresse : Sall. C. 26, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=astūtia, ae, f. ([[astutus]]), die [[List]], [[Hinterlist]], [[Schlauheit]], [[Verschlagenheit]], [[als]] natürliche [[Geschicklichkeit]], intellegendi [[astutia]], Pacuv. fr.: [[ast]]. serpentis, Hier.: [[aut]] [[confidens]] [[astutia]] [[aut]] callida [[audacia]], Cic.: [[nunc]] meae malitiae, Astutia, te [[opus]] est, succenturiari, Caecil. com. fr. 229 R.: [[quae]] [[tamen]] [[ego]] [[omnia]] [[non]] astutiā quādam, [[sed]] aliquā [[potius]] sapientiā [[secutus]] [[sum]], Cic.: [[nunc]] [[opus]] est tuā [[mihi]] ad hanc rem expromptā memoriā [[atque]] astutiā, Ter.: Martem astutiā decipere, Hygin. – Plur. = hinterlistige Kunstgriffe, schlaue Anschläge, [[Ränke]], Kniffe u. Pfiffe, Plaut. Epid. 375; mil. 233. Ter. Andr. 604. Cic. de off. 3, 68 u. 71. Sall. Cat. 26, 2. Tac. ann. 13, 38. Vulg. Sirach 1, 6 (wo es = kluge Anschläge).
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