II. cleverness, shrewdness, D.18.144, Arist. EN1144a23; opp. ἀλήθεια, Antipho5.5; esp. in an orator, Th.3.37, D.18.242,277; “ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις δ.” Isoc.1.4; “δεινότητα λόγου ἐπιδείκνυσθαι” Plu.Pomp.77.
III. Rhet., intensity, forcefulness, D.H. Comp.18, Th.53, al., Longin.34.4, Hermog.Id.2.9, al.: pl., Demetr. Eloc.243.