adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
sollers
sollers (genitive sollertis, comparative sollertior, superlative sollertissimus, adverb sollerter)
Classical[ˈsɔl.lɛrs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔl.lers]
Meaning
- one terminationskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert
[…] sic erat in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers.
54 BCE – 51 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 2.37 - one terminationingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventive
Atque ut intellegamus nihil horum esse fortuitum et haec omnia esse opera providae sollertisque naturae,[…]
45 BCE, Cicero, De natura deorum 2.128
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ingeniōsus, callidussollers -ertis — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 16
perītus, callidussollers -ertis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 10, 23
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Sapiens · Prudens · Callidus · Scitus · Solers · Cordatus · Catus
1. Sapiens (from σήπω) is the person who chooses right objects, from ennobling views, and pursues them with quietness of mind; prudens and callidus denote the person who chooses right means, and regulates them with circumspection; prudentia is a natural judiciousness, pervading a man’s whole nature: calliditas, an acquired knowledge of the world and of men, gained by experience and practice. Cic. Fr. Scaur. 5. Hominis prudentis natura, callidi usu, doctrina eruditi. 2. Prudens is the person who has accurate practical views, in opp. to stultus; scitus, who has tact, mother-wit, and the faculty of combination; solers, who possesses practical genius and inventive power; cordatus, who has his head in the right place, in opp. to excors; catus, who discovers and knows secret means and ways. (v. 114.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sollers | sollers | sollers |
| genitive | sollertis sōlertis | sollertis sōlertis | sollertis sōlertis |
| dative | sollertī sōlertī | sollertī sōlertī | sollertī sōlertī |
| accusative | sollertem sōlertem | sollertem sōlertem | sollers |
| ablative | sollertī sollerte, sōlerte, sōlertī | sollertī sollerte, sōlerte, sōlertī | sollertī sollerte, sōlerte, sōlertī |
| vocative | sollers | sollers | sollers |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sollertēs sōlertēs | sollertēs sōlertēs | sollertia sōlertia |
| genitive | sollertium sōlertium | sollertium sōlertium | sollertium sōlertium |
| dative | sollertibus sōlertibus | sollertibus sōlertibus | sollertibus sōlertibus |
| accusative | sollertīs sollertēs, sōlertēs, sōlertīs | sollertīs sollertēs, sōlertēs, sōlertīs | sollertia sōlertia |
| ablative | sollertibus sōlertibus | sollertibus sōlertibus | sollertibus sōlertibus |
| vocative | sollertēs sōlertēs | sollertēs sōlertēs | sollertia sōlertia |
sollers (sōlers), tis (abl. regularly sollerti;
I.
sollerte, Ov. P. 4, 14, 35), adj. sollus, i. e. totus - ars, and therefore qs. all art; hence, in gen., skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert (class.; syn.; sagax, subtilis, expertus). I. Of persons:
quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, solertem dabo, to make ready, accomplished, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria sum, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33: in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers, Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37: pictor sollers in arte, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 142: sollertem tu me facis, Ov. H. 20, 26: ancilla, id. Am. 1, 8, 87: vir, id. Ib. 279: Ulixes, id. P. 4, 14, 35: agricola, Nep. Cat. 3, 1.—Comp.: sollertior et ingeniosior, Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.—Sup.: Sulla, rudis antea et ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est, Sall. J. 96, 1: hostis, Suet. Caes. 35.—Poet., with inf.: coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum, Hor. C. 4, 8, 8; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 17; Sil. 1, 79; 8, 260.—With gen.: Musa lyrae sollers, Hor. A. P. 407: sollers cunctandi Fabius, Sil. 7, 126.—With ad and acc.: cum esset deus ad excogitandum providentissimus, ad faciendum sollertissimus, Lact. 2, 8, 3.—II. Transf., of things, ingenious, sagacious, intelligent, inventive:
opera providae sollertisque naturae, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: animus, Liv. 7, 14; cf.: sollerti corde Prometheus, Cat. 64, 295: sollerti astu, Ov. M. 4, 776: sollers subtilisque descriptio partium, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121: frugum et pecudum custodia sollers, Verg. G. 4, 327: genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers, Cic. Brut. 67, 236: ingenium, Ov. F. 3, 840: hominum natura, id. Am. 3, 8, 45: manus, Tib. 1, 8, 29.—Comp.: nihil sollertius, Cic. Sen. 15, 54: sollertius est multo genus virile, Lucr. 5, 1356.—Sup.: fundus sollertissimus, qs. most creative, i. e. most productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 8 fin.— Hence, adv.: sollerter (sōlert-), skilfully, dexterously, shrewdly, sagaciously, ingeniously: aliquid consequi, Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 26: patefacere futura, Tac. A. 6, 21: explorans, Spart. Hadr. 10.—Comp.: simulata sollertius, Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88: exprimere incessus, vultum, etc., Ov. M. 11, 635: colere hortos, id. ib. 14, 624: imperare, Treb. Poll. Gall. 13.—Sup.: aliquid sollertissime perspicere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98: tempora persequi, Vop. Car. 4.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sollers (not sōlers), tis (abl. ertī; once erte, O.), adj. with comp. and sup.
sollus (3 SAL-)+ ars, skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert : quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, sollertem dabo, make accomplished , T.: in omni officio: vir, O.: agricola, N.: quo quisque est sollertior: antea ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est, S.: animus, L.: sollerti astu, O.: coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum, H.: Musa lyrae sollers, H.— Manifesting skill, requiring dexterity, clever, ingenious : descriptio partium: pecudum custodia, V.: insitiones, quibus nihil sollertius, etc.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin sollers From sollus (“unbroken”, “whole”, “complete”) + ars (“art”, “skill”).
Descendants
- Italiansolerte
- Portuguesesolerte
- Spanishsolerte