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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• skilfulness: ; skill:
      1. 1. sollertia (solertia: the most gen. term): no art can imitate the s. of nature, nulla ars imitari s. naturae potest, Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 92: in this matter there is so much knowledge and s., in hac re tanta inest ratio atque s., id. Rep. 1, 16.
      2. 2. pĕrītia (s. derived from experience): s. in law, p. legum, Tac. A. 4, 58: Join: p. et ars, id. H. 4, 30.
      3. 3. scientia (knowledge: constr. with in and abl., rarely de): s. in stirring the emotions, in affectibus movendis s., Quint. 10, 2, 27: s. in chasing, s. coelandi, Plin. 34, 7, 18, ad fin.
      4. 4. ars, tis, f. (s. acquired and exercised in any trade or calling): by the divine s. of Pallas, divina Palladis arte, Virg. Aen. 2, 15: wondrous s., mira a., Catul. 64, 51: Ov. Her. 5, 103. (N.B.--manus, opus, denote the workmanship: intelligentia, s. in judging, discrimination, taste: v. art.)
      5. 5. artĭfĭcium (artistic s.): made with the greatest s., summo a. factus, Cic. Verr. 4, 21, 46: a remarkable s., a. quoddam singulare, id. ib. 4, 40, 87: Join: a. quoddam et scientia, Caes. B. G. 7, 29.
      6. 6. dextĕrĭtas (rare: tact): s. of natural disposition, ingenii d., Liv. 28, 18.
      7. 7. ingĕnium (talents, parts): to exercise one's s. on manifold and varied subjects, i. exercere multiplici variaque materia, Quint. 2, 4, 20: Cic.: v. cleverness.
      8. 8. callĭdĭtas (shrewdness): v. cunning, shrewdness.
      9. 9. prūdentia (knowledge, insight): professions in which there is greater s., artes quibus inest p. major, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SKILL
habilitas (especially bodily dexterity): habitus (when one is, as it were, at home in an art, etc.; Vid: Cic., Invent., 1, 25, 86): ars (skill in an art): usus alicujus rei (practice and experience): exercitatio (readiness, or knowledge acquired by exercise; Vid: Quint., 10, 5, 19): facultas (ability, power of doing anything): ingenium ad aliquid aptum or habile (natural talent for anything. ☞ Ingenii dexteritas, or simply dexteritas, ad aliquid = dexterity, address, worldly wisdom; Vid: Liv., 28, 18; 37, 7, extr. Gell., 13, 16; in the sense of “skill,” general term, it is not Latin): sollertia (cleverness, talent): docilitas, ingenium docile (aptness to learn, docility): peritia alicujus rei (insight into a thing): scientia alicujus rei (acquaintance with a thing): eruditio: doctrina (scientific education and knowledge). To have or possess skill in anything, habilem or aptum esse ad aliquid; natum esse ad aliquid: with skill, scite; scienter.