shrewdness Copy link Outline 1. callĭdĭtas (both in good and bad sense)2. sollertia (ingenuity, ready talent, and cleverness)3. săgācĭtas (sharpness in tracing out things)4. expr. by adjj. or advv. • shrewdness: 1. callĭdĭtas (both in good and bad sense): more fully, c. ingenii, Nep. Eum. 1 (in good sense): a man of extraordinary s., acerrimae c. vir, Flor. 2, 17: Ov.: v. cunning. 2. sollertia (ingenuity, ready talent, and cleverness): more precisely, s. ingenii, Sall. Jug. 7, extr.: v. ingenuity, cleverness. 3. săgācĭtas (sharpness in tracing out things): Cic.: v. sagacity, SHARP-SCENTEDNESS. 4. expr. by adjj. or advv.: with very great s., acutissime, callidissime: possessed of great s. (homo) acutissimus, callidissimus, etc.: v. shrewd, shrewdly.
SHREWDNESS Copy link • SHREWDNESSprudentia (skill and experience in practical life): sapientia (insight into the nature and value of things): dexteritas (cleverness and tact in one’s conduct toward others): calliditas (practical talent).