skilfulness Copy link Outline 1. sollertia (solertia2. pĕrītia (s. derived from experience)3. scientia (knowledge4. ars, tis, f. (s. acquired and exercised in any trade or calling)5. artĭfĭcium (artistic s.)6. dextĕrĭtas (rare7. ingĕnium (talents, parts)8. callĭdĭtas (shrewdness)9. prūdentia (knowledge, insight) • skilfulness: ; skill: 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. pĕrītia (s. derived from experience): s. in law, p. legum, Tac. A. 4, 58: Join: p. et ars, id. H. 4, 30. 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. 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. 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. dextĕrĭtas (rare: tact): s. of natural disposition, ingenii d., Liv. 28, 18. 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. callĭdĭtas (shrewdness): v. cunning, shrewdness. 9. prūdentia (knowledge, insight): professions in which there is greater s., artes quibus inest p. major, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151.