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intellectus , ūs, m. intellego,
I.a perceiving, discerning.
I. Lit., perception, discernment by the senses: “saporum,Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174: “acrimoniae,id. 19, 8, 54, § 171: “nec est intellectus ullus in odore vel sapore,” i. e. the poison cannot be perceived either by the taste or smell, id. 11, 53, 116, § 280: “intellectus in cortice protinus peritis,good judges know a tree by its bark, id. 16, 39, 76, § 196.—
II. Trop.
B. Meaning, sense, signification of a word: “verba quaedam diversos intellectus habent, ut cerno,Quint. 7, 9, 2: “in obscenum intellectum sermo detortus,id. 8, 3, 44; id. 1, 7, 13.—
C. Knowledge of a language, understanding: “Latini sermonis intellectum habere,Gai. Inst. 3, 93.—
D. Understanding, i. e. the faculty of understanding, intellect: “per analogiam nostro intellectu et honestum et bonum judicante,Sen. Ep. 120: “in errorem intellectum inducere,App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 7, 3: “intellectu carere,to be without understanding, Dig. 29, 2, 92: “aliquem intellectum habere, ... nullum intellectum habere,Gai. Inst. 3, 109.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.38
    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.36
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.1
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 3.17
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 5.22
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 1.28
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 7.13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 9.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.44
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 120
    • Tacitus, Germania, 26
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