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intellĕgentĭa (intellĭg- ), ae, f. intellego,
I.the power of discerning or understanding, discernment, understanding, intelligence.
II. Transf.
A. Understanding, knowledge: “quia difficilis erat animi, quid, aut qualis esset, intellegentia, nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt,Cic. Tusc. 1, 22: “quae nos magis ad cognitionem intellegentiamque convertant,id. ib. 5, 24: “juris,id. Phil. 9, 5: somniorum, the knowledge of dreams, i. e. the art of interpreting dreams, Just. 36, 2: “eam calamitatem vestra intellegentia sedabit,discrimination, Ter. Hec. prol. 23. —
B. In partic.
1. Art, skill, taste, connoisseurship: intellegentia in rusticis rebus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17: “in homine intellegentiam esse, non avaritiam,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46: “pecuniae quaerendae,id. Inv. 1, 29.—
2. Perception, discernment by the senses: “in gustu et odoratu intellegentia,Cic. Ac. 4, 7.
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