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“aptful” in Latin
calliduswise, clever, ingenious; adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty; discreetversūtusadroit, dexterous, versatile; shrewd, clever, crafty, ingenious; wily, cunning, slyvafersly, cunning, crafty, artful, subtleā̆stūtuscrafty, cunning, shrewd, clever, tricksy (adept at using tricks)subdoluscrafty, cunning, sly, subtleartificiōsusfull of skill, skilful, artful, ingenious; according to the rules of art; made with art; artificial, unnaturalfactīciusmade by art, artificial, factitiousfaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to martificiālisartificialartifexartist, actor; craftsman, master (of a craft); mastermind, schemer
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
aptful
callidus: versutus: vafer: astutus: subdolus. (The words are found in this connection and order), callidus et astututus; astutus et callidus; versutus et callidus. [Syn. in CUNNING.]
Wrought by art; not natural; artificiosus [artificialis, Quint.: artifex, poetically]: facticius: factus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for aptful?
- The usual Latin words for “aptful” are callidus, versūtus, vafer; also ā̆stūtus, subdolus, artificiōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.