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

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Contents (3 entries · 12 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• cunning (adj.):
      1. 1. callĭdus (the most gen. term: also in good sense, v. skilful): a c. thief, c. fur, Mart. Join: versuti homines et callidi, Cic. c. atque subdolus, Pl.
      2. 2. dŏlōsus (full of wiles): v. wily.
      3. 3. astūtus, argūtus: v. artful, sly.
      4. 4. văfer, fra, frum (tricky, ingenious, artful): c. art, v. ars, Mart.: Hor.
      5. 5. versūtus (sharp, quick-witted): Cic. (v. supr.): Vell.
      6. 6. subdŏlus, cautus: v. sly. See also subtle, shrewd. Phr.: a c. fellow, vĕtĕrātor: Ter.
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• cunning (subs.):
      1. 1. callĭdĭtas (perh. oftener in good sense: v. skilfulness): c. rather than wisdom, c. potius quam sapientia, Cic. Also in pl. = cunning tricks, Ter.
      2. 2. astūtia (slyness: q. v.): Cic. Join: malitia atque astutia (roguishness and c.), Ter.
      3. 3. astus, ūs (rare, except in abl. sing. and acc. pl.): v. craft.
      4. 4. ars, artis, f. (in this sense chiefly poet.): Pelasgic art or c., Pelasga a., Virg.: Ov.
      5. 5. dŏlus (a wile, stratagem: q. v.): c. or open valour, d. an virtus, Virg.
      6. 6. vafrĭtia (subtilty: v. rare): Sen.
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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• CUNNING
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  • s. astutia. calliditas (clever cunning, astut. as natural quality; calliditas, as acquired by practice): versutia (the cunning that is fertile in expedients): vafrities (trickiness; especially in legal affairs): consilium, callidum inventum (a shrewd or subtle design, cunning, as single act; astus hardly belongs to the prose of the Golden Age): dolus (a subtle or cunning design or plot, for the purpose of defrauding or deceiving anybody): ars: artificium (a trick): to allow one’s self to be deceived by anybody’s cunning, arte or dolo capi, falli: to have recourse to cunning, arte uti, against anything, adversus aliquid (e.g., vim); dolum commoliri: to have recourse to cunning in deceiving anybody, dolum intendere ad aliquem fallendum. [Vid. DECEIT, FRAUD].
  • Art, skill, ars: dexteritas: solertia: ingenii dexteritas: peritia alicujus rei. Vid: SKILL.
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  • adj.
  • Crafty, astutus; callidus; versutus; vafer; dolosus [SYN. in CUNNING, subst.] : veterator (of a person who, from practice, is versed in all sorts of trickery). (The words are found in this connection and order.) callidus et astutus; astutus et callidus; versutus et callidus; veterator et callidus callidus et acutus ad fraudem: subdolus (deceitful, with cunning) [Vid: DECEITFUL.]
  • Knowing, peritus (usu): usu atque exercitatione praeditus (having experience): expertus; callidus; peritus alicujus rei: gnarus alicujus rei; exercitatus, versatus in aliqua re; instructus; sollers; habilis; dexter [SYN. in SKILLFUL].
  • A cunning woman, hariola: vates (fortune-teller).