I.intellectual, superior in intellect, endowed with a good capacity, gifted with genius, of good natural talents or abilities, clever, ingenious.
I. Lit.: “Aristoteles quidem ait, omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: “ingeniosi vocantur,” id. Fin. 5, 13, 36: “vir ingeniosus et eruditus,” id. Att. 14, 20, 3: “quo quisque est solertior et ingeniosior,” id. Rosc. Com. 11, 31: “homo ingeniosissimus,” id. Mur. 30, 62: “ad aliquid,” Ov. M. 11, 313: “dandis ingeniosa notis,” id. Am. 1, 11, 4: “esse in aliqua re, Mart. praef. 1: in poenas,” Ov. Tr. 2, 342: “res est ingeniosa dare,” giving requires good sense, id. Am. 1, 8, 62. —
II. Transf., of inanimate things.
A. Ingenious, clever: “argumentum,” Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 69.—
B. Adapted to, apt, fit for any thing: “vox mutandis ingeniosa sonis,” Ov. Am. 2, 6, 18: “terra ingeniosa colenti,” id. H. 6, 117: “ad segetes ager,” id. F. 4, 684.—Sup.: “ingenuosissimus,” Inscr. Murat. 1742, 15.— Adv.: ingĕnĭōsē , acutely, wittily, ingeniously: “tractantur ista ingeniose,” Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 87: “electas res collocare,” id. Inv. 1, 6, 81: “dicere,” Quint. 1, 6, 36.— Comp., Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 42.— Sup.: “homo ingeniosissime nequam,” Vell. 2, 48, 3.
