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“cleverness” in Latin
sollersskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert; ingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventivecalliditāsshrewdness, readiness, aptness; skill, skilfulness; cunning, craft, slyness, artfulnessā̆stūtiacunning, craftiness, cleverness, shrewdness (adeptness at using tricks); subtlety; a cunning trick, stratagemvāfritiacraftiness, cunning, artfulnessdocilitāsdocility; gentlenessērudītiōThat which removes one from ignorance whether instruction, education or erudition, learning, knowledgedoctrīnateaching, instruction; learning, erudition; doctrine, theoryexercitātiōexercise, training, practice; discipline
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cleverness
dexterity, cunning, sollertia: calliditas: astutia: vafritia (Sen.) [SYN. in CLEVER]: in anything, docilitas: ingeniuni docile (aptness to learn): peritia alicujus rei: scientia alicujus rei: eruditio, doctrina: usus alicujus rei (practice in anything): exercitatio (dexterity acquired by practice, Quint., 10, 5, 9).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cleverness?
- The usual Latin words for “cleverness” are sollers, calliditās, ā̆stūtia; also vāfritia, docilitās, ērudītiō. 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.