clever Copy link Outline 1. sollers, rtis2. callĭdus (prop. referring to experience; from callum, the hard skin of a workman3. văfer, fra, frum (tricky, sly, artful)4. astūtus5. ingĕniōsus (i. e. possessed of natural ability)6. scītus (i. e. knowing7. versūtus (quick; always ready with schemes and stratagems • clever: 1. sollers, rtis: v. skilful. 2. callĭdus (prop. referring to experience; from callum, the hard skin of a workman: but applicable to adroitness of all kinds): very c. at understanding ancient writings, in intelligendis veteribus scriptis bene c., Gell.: a c. invention, c. inventum, Nep.: with prep. and acc.; c. at any business, c. ad aliquam rem, Pl. Poet. with infin.: c. at hiding aught he chooses, quicquid placuit condere c., Hor. 3. văfer, fra, frum (tricky, sly, artful): the cleverest interpreter of the dreams of the Stoics, Stoicorum somniorum vaferrimus interpres, Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 38 (but even here the word implies a dishonest cleverness). 4. astūtus: v. sly, cunning. 5. ingĕniōsus (i. e. possessed of natural ability): c. at anything, ad aliquid in., Ov.: also with in and abl.: Mart. Very c., pĕringĕniōsus: Cic. 6. scītus (i. e. knowing: "up to things" generally: esp. in comic writers): Pl. joins several words which when so used are nearly synonymous: homo astutus, doctus, scitus et callidus. 7. versūtus (quick; always ready with schemes and stratagems: "versutos eos appello quorum mens celeriter versatur," Cic.): used often in combination with callidus, vafer, acutus, etc.: Cic.: Pl.: v. sly. Phr.: a c. rogue, vĕtĕrator, Pl.: Cic.: the poems of Lucretius have not much brilliancy of genius, but they are very c., Lucretii poemata non multis luminibus ingenii, multae tamen artis sunt, Cic.: v. apt, expert, dexterous.