callidus

== Latin == === Etymology === From calleō + -idus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkal.lɪ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkal.li.dus] === Adjective === callidus (feminine callida, neuter callidum, comparative callidior, superlative callidissimus, adverb callidē); first/second-declension adjective wise, clever, ingenious Synonyms: sapiēns, prūdēns, sollers, vafer Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty Synonyms: vafer, doctus, instructus, gnārus, perītus Antonyms: ineptus, rudis, inexpertus, imperītus, iners, incapāx, hospes, ignārus (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) discreet ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== callidē calliditas callidulus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: callido Portuguese: cálido →? Welsh: call ==== See also ==== calidus === References === “callidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “callidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “callidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.