intellegens

Latin

Etymology

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

Participle

intellegēns m, f, n (genitive intellegentis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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