LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

intellegentia

intellegentia f (genitive intellegentiae)
Classical[ɪn.tɛl.lɛˈɡɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[in.tel.leˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineintelligence, the power of discernment
  2. feminineunderstanding, knowledge
  3. femininetaste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintellegentiaintellegentiae
intelligentiae
genitiveintellegentiae
intelligentiae		intellegentiārum
intelligentiārum
dativeintellegentiae
intelligentiae		intellegentiīs
intelligentiīs
accusativeintellegentiam
intelligentiam		intellegentiās
intelligentiās
ablativeintellegentiāintellegentiīs
intelligentiīs
vocativeintellegentiaintellegentiae
intelligentiae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

intellegentiae adumbratae or incohatae (De Leg. 1. 22. 59)
vague, undeveloped ideas.
ad intellegentiam communem or popularem accommodare aliquid
to accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence.

intellĕgentĭa (intellĭg-), ae, f. intellego,
I. the power of discerning or understanding, discernment, understanding, intelligence.
I. Lit.: Deus intellegentiam in animo inclusit, Cic. Univ. 3: intellegentia est, per quam animus ea perspicit, quae sunt, id. Inv. 2, 53: pars animi, rationis atque intellegentiae particeps, id. de Div. 1, 32, 70: infixam nostram intellegentiam capere, etc., id. N. D. 1, 19, 49 fin.: fretus intellegentia vestra dissero brevius, id. ib. 1, 19, 49: quod in nostram intellegentiam cadit, id. Off. 3, 4; 2, 9 fin.: ratione et intellegentia tenere aliquid, id. ib. 3, 17 al.—
II. Transf.
A. Understanding, knowledge: quia difficilis erat animi, quid, aut qualis esset, intellegentia, nullum omnino animum esse dixerunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22: quae nos magis ad cognitionem intellegentiamque convertant, id. ib. 5, 24: juris, id. Phil. 9, 5: somniorum, the knowledge of dreams, i. e. the art of interpreting dreams, Just. 36, 2: eam calamitatem vestra intellegentia sedabit, discrimination, Ter. Hec. prol. 23. —
(b). Plur.: rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere, Cic. Leg. 1, 22.—
B. In partic.
1. Art, skill, taste, connoisseurship: intellegentia in rusticis rebus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 17: in homine intellegentiam esse, non avaritiam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46: pecuniae quaerendae, id. Inv. 1, 29.—
2. Perception, discernment by the senses: in gustu et odoratu intellegentia, Cic. Ac. 4, 7.

Origins

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

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 Latin intellegēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin intellegentia From intellegēns (“understanding, discerning”) + -ia (abstract noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Frenchintelligence
  • Spanishinteligencia
  • Russianинтеллигенция

In English words that came into English from intellegentia

  • intelligenceintelligentia
  • intelligentsiaintellegentia
  • intelligentialintelligentia

Quick answers

What does intellegentia mean in Latin?
intellegentia, a noun, means “intelligence, the power of discernment; understanding, knowledge; taste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur”.
What is the genitive of intellegentia?
The genitive singular is intellegentiae. intellegentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce intellegentia?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛl.lɛˈɡɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.tel.leˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.a].
Where does intellegentia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér → Proto-Italic *n̥ter → Latin intellegentia.
Which English words come from intellegentia?
English words that go back to Latin intellegentia include intelligence, intelligentsia and intelligential.