astutus

Latin > English

astutus astuta -um, astutior -or -us, astutissimus -a -um ADJ :: clever, astute, sly, cunning; expert

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

astūtus: a, um, adj. a lengthened form of the ante-class. astus, like versutus from versus, cinctutus from cinctus; and astus itself has the form of a P. a., q. v. init.,
I shrewd, sagacious, expert; or (more freq., cf. astutia) in mal. part., sly, cunning, artful, designing, etc. *
I Ante-class. form astus, a, um: asta lingua, Att. ap. Non. p. 1, 54.—
II Class. form astūtus: malus, callidus, astutus admodum, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112: Causam dicere adversus astutos, audacīs viros, valentes virgatores, id. As. 3, 2, 19: non tam astutus, neque ita perspicax, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 1: verum ego numquam adeo astutus fui, Quin etc., id. Ad. 2, 2, 13: ratio, Cic. Verr. 1, 11 fin.: nihil astutum, id. Or. 19, 64: hoc celandi genus est hominis non aperti, non simplicis, non ingenui; versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis, id. Off. 3, 13, 57: astuti Getae, Prop. 5, 5, 44: Parthorum astutae tela remissa fugae, id. 4, 8, 54: ut est astuta et ingeniosa sollertia, Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 192, where Jan omits astuta et: gens non astuta, nec callida, Tac. G. 22 et saep.: pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 62: homo sagax et astutus, Mart. 12, 88, 4: Est vir astutus multorum eruditor, Vulg. Eccli. 37, 21: vulpes, Hor. S. 2, 3, 186: consilium, Gell. 5, 10 al.—As subst. (eccl. Lat.): Astutus omnia agit cum consilio, Vulg. Prov. 13, 16; ib. Eccli. 18, 28.—Comp.: fallacia astutior, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 7: si qui me astutiorem fingit (followed by callidius), Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6: qui custodit increpationes, astutior fiet, Vulg. Prov. 15, 5.—* Sup.: astutissimus adversarius, Aug. Serm. 17: astutissima calliditas, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 6.— Adv.: astūtē, craftily, cunningly: astute comminisci aliquid, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 96: docte atque astute captare, id. Most. 5, 1, 21: consulte, docte atque astute cavere, id. Rud. 4, 7, 14: Astute, shrewdly done, Ter. And. 1, 2, 12: astute labefactare aliquem, id. Eun. 3, 3, 3: satis astute adgredi aliquem, id. Phorm. 5, 8, 75: astute reticere aliquid, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: astute nihil agere, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 3.— Comp.: astutius ponere aliquid, Varr. L. L. 9, 1 Müll.—Sup.: astutissime componere aliquid, Gell. 18, 4: astutissime excogitare, Lact. 1, 22: astutissime fingi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 5.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

astūtus,¹² a, um (astus), rusé, astucieux, fourbe : Pl. Amph. 268, etc.; Cic. Mur. 8 ; Off. 3, 57, etc. || ratio astuta Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 34, méthode pleine d’astuce ; nihil astutum (habet oratio philosophorum) Cic. Or. 64, (le style des philosophes ne comporte) aucun piège || astutior Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6 ; astutissimus Aug. Civ. 21, 6, etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

astūtus, a, um, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (astus), klug, listig, im Hintergehen anderer, sowohl um einen Vorteil zu gewinnen, als auch eigenen Schaden zu verhüten, schlau, hinterlistig, verschlagen, malus, callidus, astutus admodum, Plaut.: ast. viri, Plaut.: ast. homo, Cic.: homo sagax et ast., Mart.: ast. Getae, Prop.: gens non astuta nec callida, Tac.: vulpes ast., Hor. u. Pers.: ratio ast., Cic.: consilium ast., Gell.: Parthorum ast. fuga, Prop.: hoc celandi genus quale sit et cuius hominis, quis non videt? Certe non aperti, non simplicis: versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis etc., Cic.: cum te pro astuto sapientem appelles, Quint. – Compar. u. Superl., fallacia astutior, Plaut. Cas. 860: quod si qui me astutiorem fingit, Cic. ep. 3, 8, 6: astutissimus adversarius, Augustin. serm. 347, 3: calliditas astutissima, Augustin. de civ. dei 21, 6, 1. – m. in u. Abl., alter eorum erat in dando benignus, in accipiendo astutus, Rutil. Lup. 2, 16.