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“skillful” in Latin
bonusgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant; right; usefulērudiōto instruct, to educate; to cultivate, to refinedexterright (relative direction), right hand; skillful; fortunate, favorableingeniōsussuperior in intellect, gifted with genius; intellectual, clever, ingenious; apt, fit for, adapted tosollersskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert; ingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventive
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
skillful
bonus (as one ought to be): qui aliquid commode facit (that does anything well or PROP.): qui aliquid scienter facit (that does anything with skill or knowledge of the art): arte insignis (distinguished in the practice of an art; e.g., medicus arte insignis): peritus alicujus rei (that has knowledge of a thing; ☞ always with a genitive of that in which a person is skilled): exercitatus in aliqua re (practised, well versed; ☞ always with in and an ablative of that in which one is skilful; e.g., homines in rebus maritimis exercitati): eruditus (learned, trained): dexter (adroit, dexterous; perhaps post-Augustan, in prose): ingeniosus (inventive, fertile in expedients or new ideas): sollers (possessing inventive power and practical genius). In a skilful manner; Vid: SKILLFULLY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for skillful?
- The usual Latin words for “skillful” are bonus, ērudiō, dexter; also ingeniōsus, sollers. 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.