sollertĭa | sōlert- (noun F) : (), , sollers
* Skill, shrewdness, quickness of mind, ingenuity, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, etc. (class.; syn.: acumen, subtilitas, scientia): data est quibusdam bestiis machinatio quaedam atque sollertia,Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123: nulla ars imitari sollertiam naturae potest,id. ib. 1, 33, 92: Chaldaei sollertiā ingeniorum antecellunt,id. Div. 1, 41, 91; cf.: est genus (Gallorum) summae sollertiae,Caes. B. G. 7, 22: hominum adhibita sollertia,id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.: ingenii sollertia,shrewdness,Sall. J. 7, 7: in hac re tanta inest ratio atque sollertia,knowledge and skill,Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; so (with ratio) Tac. G. 30: ut artis pariat sollertia,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 33: in omni re fugienda est talis sollertia,such subtlety,Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: mirari non modo diligentiam sed enim sollertiam ejus,id. Sen. 17, 59: quae tua formosos cepit sollertia?Tib. 1, 4, 3: omnia conando docilis sollertia vicit,Manil. 1, 95; Luc. 8, 283: placuit sollertia tempore etiam adjuta,the ingenious plan,Tac. A. 14, 4.— Plur.: egregiis ingeniorum sollertiis ex aevo collocatis,Vitr. 7 praef. med.
* With gen. obj.: (honestum) aut in perspicientiā veri sollertiāque versatur, aut, etc. (shortly after: perspicere et explicare rationem),the perception and intelligent development of the true,Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14: agendi cogitandique sollertia,adroitness, quickness,id. ib. 1, 44, 157: judicandi,id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11: belli,Sil. 6, 309.