ingenium

Latin > English

ingenium ingeni(i) N N :: nature, innate quality; natural disposition/capacity; character; talent
ingenium ingenium ingenii N N :: trick, clever device

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ingĕnĭum: ii, n. in-geno, from gigno,
I innate or natural quality, nature.
I In gen. (so mostly poet.; in Sall. and in postAug. prose; not in Cic. or Cæs.): pro ingenio ego me liberum esse ratus sum, pro imperio tuo tibi servire aequom censeo, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 22: ite in frundiferos locos Ingenio arbusta ubi nata sunt, non obsita, by their own nature, Naev. ap. Non. 323, 1 (Trag. Rel. v. 28 Rib.); so, loci, Sall. H. 3, 18 Dietsch: locorum hominumque ingenia, Liv. 28, 12, 11; Tac. A. 6, 41; id. H. 1, 51; Flor. 2, 6, 16 al.: terrae, Liv. 37, 54, 21: montis, Tac. H. 2, 4; cf.: campi suopte ingenio humentes, id. ib. 5, 14: arvorum, Verg. G. 2, 177; and, portūs, Sil. 14, 283: arbores sui cujusque ingenii poma ferunt, Col. 3, 1, 2: lactis ingenia et proprietates, Gell. 12, 1, 14: ingenium velox igni, Sev. Aetn. 214: crines ingenio suo flexi, naturally, Petr. 126: ut magistratus imperio suo vehemens mansueto permitteretur ingenio, Liv. 2, 30, 4; cf.: cum honesta suopte ingenio peterentur, in consequence of its own nature, Tac. A. 3, 26: mitis ingenio, id. ib. 6, 15: cunctator ingenio, id. ib. 15, 1: ingenio trux, id. H. 1, 21.— Rarely of beasts: mitior ad feras bestias, praecipitia ingenia sortitas, Curt. 8, 1, 35.—
II In partic., of persons.
   A Natural disposition, temper, mode of thinking, character, bent, inclination: feci ego ingenium meum, have acted out, Plaut. Merc. 4, 1, 2: ita ingenium meumst, id. Am. 3, 2, 18: ut ingenium est omnium hominum ab labore proclive ad lubidinem, Ter. And. 1, 1, 50: liberale, id. ib. 4, 5, 59: pium ac pudicum, id. Hec. 1, 2, 77: durum atque inexorabile, id. Phorm. 3, 2, 12: inhumanum, id. Eun. 5, 2, 41: lene in liberos, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 99: utinam nunc matrescam ingenio, Pac. Con. Rel. v. 139 Rib. (1 Rib., maturescam): mobile, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 22: cicur et mansuetum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 91 Müll.: inverecundum animi, Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 83: vera loqui etsi meum ingenium non moneret. Liv. 3, 68, 9: ingenio suo vivere, id. 3, 36, 1: redire ad ingenium, to return to one's natural bent, to one's old courses, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 46: Volscis levatis metu suum rediit ingenium, Liv. 2, 22, 3: quae maxime ad muliebre ingenium efficaces preces sunt, id. 1, 9, 16: vanum dictatoris, id. 1, 27, 1: mitis ingenii juvenem, id. 1, 46, 4: Turni ferox, id. 1, 51, 7: temperare suum, to control his temper, id. 8, 36, 5: horrida, Curt. 4, 6, 3: molliora, id. 5, 6, 18: humana, id. 5, 10, 13: felix, Sen. Ep. 95, 36: rapax, id. ad Helv. 17, 4: atrox, Tac. A. 4, 50: procax, id. H. 3, 32: ingenium ingeni, in Plautus, signifies peculiarity of disposition, Stich. 1, 2, 69.—
   2    Concr. collect.: tanto corruptius iter immixtis histrionibus et spadonum gregibus et cetero Neronianae aulae ingenio, the people who gave character to the court, Tac. H. 2, 71.—
   B With respect to intelligence.
   1    Natural capacity, talents, parts, abilities, genius: docilitas, memoria, quae fere appellantur uno ingenii nomine, Cic. Fin. 5, 13, 36: ingenium ad fingendum, id. Font. 14, 30: excellens ac singulare, id. de Or. 2, 74, 298: vir acerrimo ingenio, id. Or. 5, 18: cujus tanta vis ingenii est, ut, etc., id. de Or. 2, 74, 299: tardum, id. ib. 2, 27, 117: acutum aut retusum, id. de Div. 1, 36, 72: eximium, id. Tusc. 5, 24, 68: praestantissimum, id. Fin. 2, 16, 51: magnum, id. Ac. 2, 1, 1: illustre, id. Cael. 1, 1: oratorium, Tac. Dial. 10: pulcherrimum et maximum, Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 4: hebetatum, fractum, contusum, id. ib. 8, 14, 9: celeres ingenii motus, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 113: ingenii acies, id. ib. 3, 5, 20: ingenii lumen, id. Brut. 15, 59: ingenii vis, id. Phil. 5, 18, 49: ingenii vena, Hor. C. 2, 18, 9: ingenii vigor, Ov. M. 8, 254: ingenii celeritas, Nep. Eum. 1: ingenii docilitas, id. Att. 1: ingenio abundare, Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 1: ingenio valere, Quint. 1, 8, 8: ingenio divino esse, Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 117: ingenio hebeti esse, id. Phil. 10, 8, 17: in eo ingenium ejus elucere videbatis, id. Cael. 19, 45: colere et imbuere ingenium artibus, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 16: acuere, Quint. 1, 4, 7: alere, id. 1, 8, 8: exercere multiplici variāque materiā, id. 2, 4, 20: versabatur in hoc nostro studio cum ingenio, with cleverness, Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 2; so, cum ingenio, Dig. 1, 16, 9: ingenii memoria immortalis est, Sen. Polyb. 18, 2.— Plur.: acutiora ingenia et ad intellegendum aptiora eorum, qui, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 42: aliae (partes agrorum) quae acuta ingenia gignant, aliae quae retusa, intellects, id. Div. 1, 36, 79 fin. —
   2    Transf.
   a A genius, i. e. a man of genius, a clever, ingenious person: excepi voluntatem tam excellens ingenium fuisse in civitate, Cic. Brut. 40, 147; id. Rep. 2, 1, 2; Liv. 41, 4, 3: nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit, Sen. Tranq. An. 17, 10. — Plur.: ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 62: decora, Tac. A. 1, 1: magna, id. H. 1, 1: nostra (i. e. oratores, id. Dial. 1; id. Agr. 2; Sen. Ep. 2, 1; id. ad Polyb. 27, 1: candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator Livius, id. Suas. 6, 22: ingenia et artes vel maxime fovit, Suet. Vesp. 18; id. Aug. 89: id in magnis animis ingeniisque plerumque contingit, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 74.—
   b Of things, an invention, a clever thought: exquisita ingenia cenarum, Plin. Pan. 49, 7; cf. Tac. H. 3, 28: noctium suarum ingenia (= flagitiosae libidinis inventiones), voluptuous inventions, id. A. 16, 20.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ingĕnĭum,⁶ ĭī, n. (in et geno, gigno),
1 qualités innées (nature) d’une chose : arvorum ingenia Virg. G. 2, 177, nature des terrains, cf. Sall. H. 1, 61 ; 3, 17 ; Cott. 9
2 dispositions naturelles d’un être humain, tempérament, nature propre, caractère : Pl. Trin. 667 ; etc. ; Ter. Eun. 880, etc. ; suum quisque noscat ingenium Cic. Off. 1, 114, que chacun apprenne à connaître sa nature propre, cf. Cic. Br. 204 ; ad ingenium redit Ter. Ad. 71, il revient à son naturel
3 [surtout] dispositions intellectuelles, intelligence : vis non ingeni solum, sed etiam animi Cic. Br. 93, la force non seulement de l’intelligence, mais encore de la sensibilité, cf. Tac. D. 21 ; in magnis animis ingeniisque Cic. Off. 1, 74, dans les âmes et les intelligences élevées || dons naturels, talent naturel [condition de l’éloquence] : Cic. de Or. 1, 113 ; 2, 147 ; Br. 237 ; Or. 143, etc.
4 talent, génie : ingenium ad fingendum Cic. Font. 40, génie pour inventer ; summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi Cic. Fin. 1, 1, les philosophes d’un génie éminent et d’un rare savoir ; ingenium facere alicui Ov. M. 7, 433, donner à qqn de l’esprit || un talent, un génie = un homme de... Cic. Br. 147 ; Arch. 31 ; Rep. 2, 2 ; Liv. 41, 4, 3 || pl., des talents, des génies : Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2 ; Sen. Ep. 2, 1 ; Polyb. 27, 1 ; Suet. Aug. 89
5 invention, inspiration : alicujus Tac. H. 3, 28, idée imaginée par qqn ; vino ingenium faciente Ov. M. 7, 433 ; sous l’inspiration du vin ; exquisita ingenia cenarum Plin. Min. Pan. 49, 7, le choix ingénieux des mets.

Latin > German (Georges)

ingenium, iī, n. (in u. gigno), die angeborene, natürliche Art u. Beschaffenheit, Natur, I) einer Sache (vgl. Fabri Sall. or. Cottae § 9), arvorum, Verg.: campi, Tac.: loci caelique, Tac.: lactis, Gell.: caeli mores solique ingenia, Plin.: loci, Sall.: oris et vultus, natürliche Gesichtsbildung, Plin.: ingenio (= sponte suā) arbusta ubi nata sunt, Naev. tr. fr.: constabat (insulas) suopte ingenio alimenta mortalibus gignere, Sall. fr. – II) eines Menschen, A) in bezug auf das Gemüt, 1) im allg., die Naturanlage, das Temperament, die Sinnes- u. Gemütsart, das Herz, der Charakter, novi ingenium mulierum, Ter.: ingenium bonum, liberale, durum, inhumanum, Ter.: mobile, Plin. ep.: ingeniorum ferocia, Vell.: antiquum ingenium obtines, alte Art, Ter.: ingenio suo vivere, Liv.: suo ingenio uti, Tac.: redire ad ingenium, auf die alten Sprünge kommen, Ter.: fretus ingenio eius, auf sein gutes Herz, Plaut. – 2) insbes., der angeborene Mut, ing. forte, Enn. ann. 414: firmum, Enn. fr. scen. 25: nullum est ingenium tantum neque cor tam ferum, quod non labascat linguā, mitescat malo, Acc. tr. 684: quinque elegit, quorum ingenia validissima erant, Sall. Iug. 103, 2: augete ingenium viris fortibus, Sall. hist. fr. 1, 48 (51), 20. – B) in bezug auf Intelligenz: 1) im allg., die angeborene Fähigkeit, natürliche Anlage, der natürliche Verstand, Kopf, tardum, acerrimum, acutum, magnum, Cic.: pulcherrimum, Plin. ep.: ingenii acies, Nep., ingenii acumen, scharfer, durchdringender V., Cic.: promptus ingenio, ein fähiger Kopf, Liv.: cum ingenio (mit Verstand) versari in alqa re, Cic.: extremi ingenii esse, ein gar arger Schwachkopf, ganz unfähig sein, Liv.: ingenio (Anlage) egregio ad miserias natus sum, Ter. – 2) insbes., Begabung, Scharfsinn, Erfindungsgeist, Phantasie u. geistiges Talent, Geist, Witz, a) eig.: accusatoris, Cic.: ad fingendum, Cic.: aemulandi, Solin.: nam et animi et ingenii celeres quidam motus esse debent, Gemüt u. Phantasie müssen eine gewisse Beweglichkeit besitzen, Cic.: Plur., cum ipsi doctrinā et ingeniis abundarent, Cic.: certis ingeniis inmorari et innutriri oportet, Sen. – b) meton.: α) v. der Pers. selbst, Begabung, Geist, Talent, Cic. Brut. 147; de rep. 2, 2. Liv. 21, 4, 3: Plur., Vell. 1, 16, 2 u. 17, 5 u.a. Sen. ad Polyb. 27, 1. Suet. Aug. 89, 3 u. Vesp. 18. – β) eine sinnreiche Erfindung, ein sinnreicher, kluger Einfall, exquisita ingenia cenarum, sinnreich ausgewählte Gerichte, Plin. pan. 49, 7. – / Mask. Nbf. Akk. ingenium mitem, Ven. Fort. carm. 4, 26, 15.

Translations

‎===intelligence=== Albanian: zbulimit; Arabic: ذَكَاء‎, عَقْل‎; Aragonese: intelichencia; Armenian: բանականություն, խելք; Assamese: বুদ্ধি, মন; Asturian: intelixencia; Azerbaijani: ağıl; Bashkir: аҡыл; Belarusian: інтэлект, розум; Bengali: বুদ্ধি; Bulgarian: ум, интелект, разсъ́дък, акъ́л, ум; Catalan: intel·ligència, seny, llestesa; Chinese Mandarin: 心智, 智力; Czech: inteligence, intelekt, rozum; Danish: intelligens; Dutch: intelligentie; Esperanto: inteligenteco; Estonian: arukus; Faroese: vit; Finnish: äly, älykkyys; French: intelligence; Galician: intelixencia; Georgian: ჭკუა, ინტელექტი, გონებრივი შესაძლებლობები; German: Intelligenz, Klugheit; Greek: νοημοσύνη; Ancient Greek: σύνεσις; Hausa: fahami; Hebrew: אִינְטֶלִיגֶנְצְיָה‎, תּבוּנָה‎; Hindi: बुद्धि, अक़्ल; Hungarian: intelligencia; Icelandic: greind; Ido: inteligenteso; Irish: meabhair, éirimiúlacht; Italian: intelligenza; Japanese: 知性; Kashmiri: عَقٕل‎, بۄد‎, گاٹہٕ‎; Kazakh: ақыл; Korean: 지혜(智慧), 이해력(理解力), 지성(知性); Kurdish Northern Kurdish: fehm; Kyrgyz: акыл; Latin: ingenium, intelligentia; Latvian: saprāts, gudrība; Lithuanian: inteligencija; Macedonian: интелигенција, акал, ум; Malay: kecerdasan; Mongolian Cyrillic: оюун ухаан; Norwegian Bokmål: intelligens; Nynorsk: intelligens; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: разумъ, у̑м; Old East Slavic: *розумъ; Old English: orþanc; Persian: هوش‎, عقل‎; Polish: inteligencja, intelekt, rozum, um; Portuguese: inteligência; Romanian: inteligență, judecată; Russian: интеллект, интеллигентность, разум, рассудок, ум; Sanskrit: प्रज्ञा, मनस्, क्रतु; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: интелигѐнција, у̑м; Roman: inteligèncija, ȗm; Slovak: inteligencia, intelekt, um, rozum; Slovene: inteligenca; Spanish: inteligencia; Swedish: intelligens; Tagalog: katalinuhan, talino; Tajik: ҳӯш, ақл, зеҳн; Tatar: акыл; Telugu: మేధస్సు; Thai: ปรีชา, เมธา, สมอง; Turkish: zekâ, akıl, anlayış; Turkmen: akyl; Ukrainian: інтелект, розум; Urdu: عقل‎; Uyghur: ئەقىل‎; Uzbek: aql; Vietnamese: trí tuệ, trí thông minh, trí năng; Welsh: dealltwriaeth; Yiddish: שׂכל‎; Zazaki: aqil, fam