calliditas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From callidus (“cunning, sly, crafty; wise, clever, ingenious”) + -tās.
Noun
[edit]calliditās f (genitive calliditātis); third declension
- shrewdness, readiness, aptness
- Synonyms: prūdentia, sapientia, scientia
- Antonyms: ineptitūdō, inertia, stultitia, stupiditās, īnsapientia, imprūdentia
- skill, skilfulness
- cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | calliditās | calliditātēs |
Genitive | calliditātis | calliditātum |
Dative | calliditātī | calliditātibus |
Accusative | calliditātem | calliditātēs |
Ablative | calliditāte | calliditātibus |
Vocative | calliditās | calliditātēs |
References
[edit]- “calliditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “calliditas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- calliditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.