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|lshtext=<b>astūtus</b>: 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.,<br /><b>I</b> [[shrewd]], [[sagacious]], [[expert]]; or ([[more]] freq., cf. [[astutia]]) in mal. [[part]]., [[sly]], [[cunning]], [[artful]], [[designing]], etc. *<br /><b>I</b> Ante-[[class]]. form [[astus]], a, um: [[asta]] [[lingua]], Att. ap. Non. p. 1, 54.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.