intellegentia

intellegentia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.tel.leˈɡen.ti.a/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛlːʲɛˈɡɛn̪t̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.tel.leˈd͡ʒen.t͡si.a/, [in̪t̪elːeˈd͡ʒɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

intellegēns (“understanding, discerning”) +‎ -ia (abstract noun suffix).

Alternative forms

• intelligentia

Noun

intellegentia f (genitive intellegentiae); first declension

1. intelligence, the power of discernment
2. understanding, knowledge
3. taste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	intellegentia	intellegentiae
Genitive	intellegentiae	intellegentiārum
Dative	intellegentiae	intellegentiīs
Accusative	intellegentiam	intellegentiās
Ablative	intellegentiā	intellegentiīs
Vocative	intellegentia	intellegentiae

Related terms

• intellēctus
• intellegēns
• intellegō

Descendants

From the alternative form intelligentia:

• → French: intelligence
• → Russian: интеллигенция (intelligencija)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

intellegentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of intellegēns

References

• “intellegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intellegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intellegentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
    
  • vague, undeveloped ideas: intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere