intellegentia

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛl.lɛˈɡɛn.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.tel.leˈd͡ʒɛn.t͡si.a] Hyphenation: in‧tel‧le‧gen‧ti‧a === Etymology 1 === From intellegēns (“understanding, discerning”) +‎ -ia (abstract noun suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== intelligentia ==== Noun ==== intellegentia f (genitive intellegentiae); first declension intelligence, the power of discernment understanding, knowledge taste, skill, the capacity to be a connoisseur ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Related terms ===== intellēctus intellegēns intellegō ===== Descendants ===== From the alternative form intelligentia: → French: intelligence → Russian: интеллигенция (intelligencija) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== intellegentia nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of intellegēns === References === “intellegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “intellegentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “intellegentia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.