calliditas

Latin > English

calliditas calliditatis N F :: shrewdness, skillfulness, skill; craftiness, cunning; subtle tricks (pl.)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

callĭdĭtas: ātis, f. callidus,
I the being callidus, in a good or bad sense.
I In a good sense, shrewdness, skill, skilfulness, readiness, aptness (so several times after the Aug. period): calliditas ingenii, Nep. Eum. 1, 3; Ov. F. 3, 380; Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195; Tac. Agr. 9; Flor. 2, 17, 15; Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—Far more freq. and class.,
II In a bad sense, cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness: scientia, quae est remota ab justitiā, calliditas potius quam sapientia est appellanda, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; 3, 32, 113; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; id. Har. Resp. 9, 19; id. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 2, 5, 7; 4, 2, 126; Ov. H. 16, 300; 20, 126; Mart. 11, 50, 2 al.—Of stratagem in war, Liv. 42, 47, 7: calliditas ad robur accesserat, Flor. 3, 4, 3.—Trop., of oratorical artifice: genus ejusmodi calliditatis atque calumniae, Cic. Part. Or. 39, 137.—In plur.: servi venere in mentem Syri Calliditates, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14; Lact. 2, 12, 17.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

callĭdĭtās,¹² ātis, f. (callidus), habileté, savoir-faire, finesse [en bonne et mauvaise part] : Cic. Part. 76 ; Nat. 3, 75 ; Off. 1, 63 ; 3, 113 ; Part. 137 ; Har. 19.

Latin > German (Georges)

calliditās, ātis, f. (callidus), die Eigenschaft des callidus, das Gewitztsein, die praktische Lebensklugheit, im guten Sinne der feine, richtige Blick, die geistige Gewandtheit, im üblen Sinne die Verschmitztheit, Verschlagenheit, schlaue List, Schlauheit, vincere omnes calliditate et celeritate ingenii, Nep.: ad novitatem accedere calliditate ingeniorum contigit, Plin.: scientia, quae est remota ab iustitia, calliditas potius quam sapientia appellanda, Cic.: stulta c. perverse imitata prudentiam, Cic.: haec Romana esse, non versutiarum Punicarum neque calliditatis Graecae, Liv.: nihil dolo (Arglist) factum ac magis calliditate (Schlauheit) Iugurthae, Sall.: his inest latens et operta et inveterata (abgefeimte) calliditas, Sen.: illi, quos ignavia aut prava calliditas armis abstinuit, Sall. fr. – v. der Kriegslist, calliditas ad robur accesserat, Flor. 3, 4, 3: u. übtr., v. orator. Kunstgriff, genus eiusmodi calliditatis atque calumniae, Cic. part. or. 137. – Plur., Syri calliditates, Schelmereien, Praktiken, Ter. heaut. 887: omnes fallacias et calliditates suas ad decipiendum hominem intendit, Lact. 2, 12, 7.