intellegens

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Present active participle of intellegō (“I understand; perceive”).

Participle

intellegēns (genitive intellegentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. understanding, realising.
  2. perceiving, discerning.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative intellegēns intellegentēs intellegentia
Genitive intellegentis intellegentium
Dative intellegentī intellegentibus
Accusative intellegentem intellegēns intellegentēs
intellegentīs		 intellegentia
Ablative intellegente
intellegentī1		 intellegentibus
Vocative intellegēns intellegentēs intellegentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References
  • “intellegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “intellegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • intellegens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a connoisseur; a specialist: (artis, artium) intellegens, peritus (opp. idiota, a layman)
    • a (competent, intelligent, subtle) critic: existimator (doctus, intellegens, acerrimus)
    • good taste; delicate perception: iudicium subtile, elegans, exquisitum, intellegens
    • (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere
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