Lewis Short
intellectus (noun M) : intellego
* A perceiving, discerning.
* Lit., perception, discernment by the senses: saporum,Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174: acrimoniae,id. 19, 8, 54, § 171: nec est intellectus ullus in odore vel sapore,i. e. the poison cannot be perceived either by the taste or smell,id. 11, 53, 116, § 280: intellectus in cortice protinus peritis,good judges know a tree by its bark,id. 16, 39, 76, § 196.
* Trop.
* Understanding, comprehension: quīs neque boni intellectus neque mali cura,Tac. A. 6, 36: alicujus rei intellectum amittere,Sen. Ben. 3, 17: capere intellectum disciplinarum,Quint. 1, 1, 15: intellectu consequi aliquid,id. 2, 5, 22: elephantis intellectus sermonis patrii,Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1: nullum animal minus docile existimatur minorisve intellectus,id. 29, 6, 34, § 106: dissimulare intellectum insidiarum,Tac. A. 13, 38: intellectu carere,to be unintelligible,Quint. 1, 1, 28: rudis Corinthiorum,Vell. 1, 13, 5: intellectum habere, to be understood: hiems et ver et aestas intellectum ac vocabula habent, autumni perinde nomen ac bona ignorantur,Tac. G. 26.
* Meaning, sense, signification of a word: verba quaedam diversos intellectus habent, ut cerno,Quint. 7, 9, 2: in obscenum intellectum sermo detortus,id. 8, 3, 44; id. 1, 7, 13.
* Knowledge of a language, understanding: Latini sermonis intellectum habere,Gai. Inst. 3, 93.
* Understanding, i. e. the faculty of understanding, intellect: per analogiam nostro intellectu et honestum et bonum judicante,Sen. Ep. 120: in errorem intellectum inducere,App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 7, 3: intellectu carere,to be without understanding,Dig. 29, 2, 92: aliquem intellectum habere, ... nullum intellectum habere,Gai. Inst. 3, 109.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary