intellect Copy link Outline 1. mens, mentis, f.2. expr. by circuml. quae pars animi rationis atque intelligentiae particeps est, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 70.3. ingĕnium (the intellectual powers generally)4. intellectus, ūs; intellĭgentia (as phil. t. terms) • intellect: 1. mens, mentis, f.: cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 13, init., where mens is treated as the most important division (pars quae princeps est) of the animus or soul: hence the expr. mens animi, Lucr. 4, 760 also used in more gen. sense: v. mind. 2. expr. by circuml. quae pars animi rationis atque intelligentiae particeps est, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 70. 3. ingĕnium (the intellectual powers generally): force of i., vis ingenii, Cic. Ph. 5, 18, 49: to be of a dull i., hebet ing. esse, ib. 10, 8, 17 v. genius, ability. 4. intellectus, ūs; intellĭgentia (as phil. t. terms): Boeth. cf. Sir W. Hamilton's Reid, p. 769, b.