intelligence Copy link Outline I. Mental facultyII. Quickness of mind1. expr. by ingĕnium2. sollertia (sōl-)III. TidingsIV. An order of superior beings • intelligence: I. Mental faculty: v. intellect, reason. II. Quickness of mind: 1. expr. by ingĕnium: to be possessed of great or little i., ingenio acuto, retuso esse, cf. Cic. Div. 1, 36., 79: he preferred the natural i. of the Britons to the industry of the Gauls, ingenia Britannorum studiis Gallorum anteferre, Tac. Agr. 21. (But ingenium is often used absol. to denote superior endowments: v. ability, genius.) 2. sollertia (sōl-): i. e. cleverness, quickness of mind, ingenuity, as practically applied: a race characterized by the greatest i. (the Gauls), summae genus Caes. B. G. 7, 22: v. ingenuity, skill. (Intelligentia is understanding: q. v.) III. Tidings: v. information (I.). IV. An order of superior beings: usu. in pl., *intelligentiae (coelestes): Aquin.
INTELLIGENCE Copy link • INTELLIGENCEintelligentia: intelligendi vis or prudentia. [Vid: INTELLECT.] News, information, Vid: