LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

intellēctus1

intellēctus m (genitive intellēctūs)

Meaning

  1. comprehension, understanding
    At ille dixit: Adhuc et vos sine intellectu estis?And he said: Are ye also yet without understanding?Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Mattheum 15:16:
  2. meaning, sense
  3. intellect
  4. reason, discerning

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintellēctusintellēctūs
genitiveintellēctūsintellēctuum
dativeintellēctuīintellēctibus
accusativeintellēctumintellēctūs
ablativeintellēctūintellēctibus
vocativeintellēctusintellēctūs

intellectus, ūs, m. intellego,
I. a perceiving, discerning.
I. Lit., perception, discernment by the senses: saporum, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174: acrimoniae, id. 19, 8, 54, § 171: nec est intellectus ullus in odore vel sapore, i. e. the poison cannot be perceived either by the taste or smell, id. 11, 53, 116, § 280: intellectus in cortice protinus peritis, good judges know a tree by its bark, id. 16, 39, 76, § 196.—
II. Trop.
A. Understanding, comprehension: quīs neque boni intellectus neque mali cura, Tac. A. 6, 36: alicujus rei intellectum amittere, Sen. Ben. 3, 17: capere intellectum disciplinarum, Quint. 1, 1, 15: intellectu consequi aliquid, id. 2, 5, 22: elephantis intellectus sermonis patrii, Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1: nullum animal minus docile existimatur minorisve intellectus, id. 29, 6, 34, § 106: dissimulare intellectum insidiarum, Tac. A. 13, 38: intellectu carere, to be unintelligible, Quint. 1, 1, 28: rudis Corinthiorum, Vell. 1, 13, 5: intellectum habere, to be understood: hiems et ver et aestas intellectum ac vocabula habent, autumni perinde nomen ac bona ignorantur, Tac. G. 26.—
B. Meaning, sense, signification of a word: verba quaedam diversos intellectus habent, ut cerno, Quint. 7, 9, 2: in obscenum intellectum sermo detortus, id. 8, 3, 44; id. 1, 7, 13.—
C. Knowledge of a language, understanding: Latini sermonis intellectum habere, Gai. Inst. 3, 93.—
D. Understanding, i. e. the faculty of understanding, intellect: per analogiam nostro intellectu et honestum et bonum judicante, Sen. Ep. 120: in errorem intellectum inducere, App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 7, 3: intellectu carere, to be without understanding, Dig. 29, 2, 92: aliquem intellectum habere, ... nullum intellectum habere, Gai. Inst. 3, 109.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latinintellēctus

Latin inter- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō? Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂légeti Proto-Italic *legō? Latin intellegō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin intellēctus From intellegō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Englishintellect
  • Frenchintellect
  • Italianintelletto
  • Portugueseintelecto
  • Romanianintelect
  • Spanishintelecto
  • Dutchintellect
  • Friulianintelet
  • Ladinntelet
  • Irishintleachtfrom Old Irish intliucht
verbfirst/second-declension participle
intellēctus2
intellēctus (feminine intellēcta, neuter intellēctum)

Meaning

  1. participleunderstood; realized
  2. participleperceived; discerned

intellectus, a, um, Part., from intellego.

Origins

From intellegō (“to understand; perceive”).

Descendants
  • Romanianînțelept
  • Aromanianntsileptu

Quick answers

What does intellēctus mean in Latin?
intellēctus, a noun, means “comprehension, understanding; meaning, sense; intellect”.
What is the genitive of intellēctus?
The genitive singular is intellēctūs. intellēctus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does intellēctus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin intellēctus.