intellegentia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.tel.leˈɡen.ti.a/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛlːʲɛˈɡɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.tel.leˈd͡ʒen.t͡si.a/, [in̪t̪elːeˈd͡ʒɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

intellegēns (“understanding, discerning”) +‎ -ia (abstract noun suffix).

Alternative forms

• intelligentia

Noun

intellegentia f (genitive intellegentiae); first declension

1. intelligence, the power of discernment
2. understanding, knowledge
3. taste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	intellegentia	intellegentiae
Genitive	intellegentiae	intellegentiārum
Dative	intellegentiae	intellegentiīs
Accusative	intellegentiam	intellegentiās
Ablative	intellegentiā	intellegentiīs
Vocative	intellegentia	intellegentiae

Related terms

• intellēctus
• intellegēns
• intellegō

Descendants

From the alternative form intelligentia:

• → French: intelligence
• → Russian: интеллигенция (intelligencija)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

(deprecated template usage) intellegentia

1. nominative neuter plural of intellegēns
2. accusative neuter plural of intellegēns
3. vocative neuter plural of intellegēns

References

• “intellegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intellegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• intellegentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence: ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
    
  • vague, undeveloped ideas: intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)
    
  • (ambiguous) to possess great ability: intellegentia or mente multum valere