intellegentia
Latin > English
intellegentia intellegentiae N F :: intelligence; intellect; understanding
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
intellĕgentĭa: (intellĭg-), ae, f. intellego,
I the power of discerning or understanding, discernment, understanding, intelligence.
I Lit.: Deus intellegentiam in animo inclusit, Cic. Univ. 3: intellegentia est, per quam animus ea perspicit, quae sunt, id. Inv. 2, 53: pars animi, rationis atque intellegentiae particeps, id. de Div. 1, 32, 70: infixam nostram intellegentiam capere, etc., id. N. D. 1, 19, 49 fin.: fretus intellegentia vestra dissero brevius, id. ib. 1, 19, 49: quod in nostram intellegentiam cadit, id. Off. 3, 4; 2, 9 fin.: ratione et intellegentia tenere aliquid, id. ib. 3, 17 al.—
II Transf.
A Understanding, knowledge: quia difficilis erat animi, quid, aut qualis esset, intellegentia, nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22: quae nos magis ad cognitionem intellegentiamque convertant, id. ib. 5, 24: juris, id. Phil. 9, 5: somniorum, the knowledge of dreams, i. e. the art of interpreting dreams, Just. 36, 2: eam calamitatem vestra intellegentia sedabit, discrimination, Ter. Hec. prol. 23. —
(b) Plur.: rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere, Cic. Leg. 1, 22.—
B In partic.
1 Art, skill, taste, connoisseurship: intellegentia in rusticis rebus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17: in homine intellegentiam esse, non avaritiam, id. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46: pecuniae quaerendae, id. Inv. 1, 29.—
2 Perception, discernment by the senses: in gustu et odoratu intellegentia, Cic. Ac. 4, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
intellĕgentĭa, æ, f. (intellegens),
1 action de discerner, de comprendre : rei Cic. de Or. 3, 195, intelligence (compréhension) de qqch., cf. Cic. Phil. 9, 10 || abst] compréhension, compétence, connaissance de cause, goût : Cic. Amer. 49 ; Verr. 2, 4, 98
2 faculté de comprendre, intelligence, entendement : id honestum quod in nostram intelligentiam cadit Cic. Off. 3, 17, l’honnêteté qui est à la portée de notre intelligence ; ratione et intellegentia Cic. Off. 3, 68, par la raison et par l’intelligence || notion, connaissance, idée : Cic. Fin. 3, 21 ; pl., Cic. Leg. 1, 26 ; 1, 30 ; 1, 57.
Latin > German (Georges)
intellegentia, ae, f. (intellego), I) die Vorstellung, der Begriff, die Idee, Cic. de fin. 3, 21: Plur., Cic. de legg. 1, 26; 1, 30; 1, 59. – II) die Einsicht, Erkenntnis, das Verständnis, A) im allg.: quia difficilis erat animi, quid aut qualis esset, intellegentia, Cic.: intellegentiam iuris habere, Cic.: somniorum intellegentiam condere, Traumdeutungskunst, Iustin. – B) insbes.: a) die Einsicht in eine Wissenschaft od. Kunst, das Kunstverständnis, der Geschmack, Cic.: int. pecuniae quaerendae, Cic. – b) das Erkenntnisvermögen, die Einsicht u. in diesem Sinne auch = der Verstand, int. communis, Cic.: mens intenta infixaque nostra int., Cic.: fretus intellegentiā vestrā, Cic.: quod in nostram intellegentiam cadit, Cic.: res sub intellegentiam cadentes, Cic.: in gustatu et odoratu intellegentia, etsi vitiosa, est quaedam tamen, Cic.