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  • 41 versutia

    cunning, craft

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  • 42 versutus

    versuta, versutum ADJ
    full of stratagems or shifts wily cunning, adroit

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  • 43 astus

    m, cunning

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  • 44 callidus

    clever, dextrous, experienced, skilful / cunning, sly.

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  • 45 dolosus

    crafty, cunning, sly, deceitful.

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  • 46 aculeatus

    ăcūlĕātus, a, um, adj. [aculeus], furnished with stings or prickles, thorny, prickly.
    I.
    Lit., of animals and plants:

    animalia,

    Plin. 20, 22, 91:

    bruchus,

    Vulg. Jer. 51, 27:

    herbae,

    Plin. 24, 19, 119:

    ictus,

    a puncture made by a sting, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 223.—
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    Stinging, pointed, sharp:

    istaec... aculeata sunt, animum fodicant,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 30:

    litterae,

    Cic. Att. 14, 18, 1.—
    B.
    Subtle, cunning:

    contorta et aculeata sophismata,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 24.

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  • 47 acumen

    ăcūmĕn, ĭnis, n. [acuo], a point to prick or sting with; diff. fr. cacumen, which designates merely the summit or extremity of a thing, Doed. Syn. 2, 108.
    I.
    Lit.: tum clupei resonunt et ferri stridit acumen, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Ann. v. 369 ed. Vahl.):

    coni,

    Lucr. 4, 431:

    nasi,

    id. 6, 1193 (i.e. the pointed contraction of the nose before death; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 1, 3, 29):

    stili,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33:

    ferrum Diana volanti abstulerat jaculo: lignum sine acumine venit,

    Ov. M. 8, 353; 3, 84.—Hence, also, the sting of an animal:

    scorpii,

    Cic. Arat. 685:—auspicium ex acuminibus, a military omen of victory, when the spears stuck in the ground suddenly begin to burn or shine at the points, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 77, and id. N. D. 2, 3; cf. Liv. 22, 1; 43, 13.—In Plin., of the taste: sharpness or pungency, 14, 20, 25.—
    II.
    Fig., of the mind, like acies.
    A.
    Acuteness, shrewdness, keenness, acumen:

    sermonis leporem, ingeniorum acumen, dicendi copiam,

    Cic. Fl. 4; so Nep. Alc. 11; Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97.—Also without a gen.:

    ubi est acumen tuum?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 6; so Lucr. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2: Empedocles an Stertinium deliret acumen, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20.— Poet. also in plur.:

    serus Graecis admovit acumina chartis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161.—
    B.
    Cunning, subtlety:

    argutiae et acumen Hyperidis,

    Cic. Or. 31; so id. de Or. 2, 63.—Also in plur.:

    dialectici ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 38:

    meretricis acumina,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55. —Hence,

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  • 48 architectus

    archĭtectus, i, m., = architektôn (the usual form, while † archĭtecton, ŏnis, is rare).
    I.
    Form architectus.
    A.
    A master-builder, architect:

    fabri architectique,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 45:

    Philo architectus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 62; so id. Fam. 9, 2; Vitr. 1, 1; Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148; Vulg. Eccli. 38, 28; ib. Isa. 3, 3; ib. 2 Macc. 2, 30:

    ut sapiens architectus,

    ib. 1 Cor. 3, 10 al.—
    B.
    Trop., an inventor, deviser, contriver, author, maker:

    bene factis Juppiter architectus,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 45 ( = auctor atque opifex, Lambin.):

    inventor veritatis et quasi architectus beatae vitae Epicurus,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 32 (cf. id. ib. 2, 16, 52:

    architectari voluptates): princeps atque architectus sceleris,

    id. Clu. 22:

    Stoici architecti paene verborum,

    id. Brut. 31, 118.—Hence, archĭtecta, ae, f., a female architect:

    natura architecta vis,

    Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196.—
    II.
    Form architecton.
    A.
    A master-builder, architect, etc.:

    nam sibi laudavisse hasce ait architectonem, Nescio quem, esse aedificatas has sane bene,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 73; Sen. Ep. 90; Sol. 32 fin.
    B.
    Trop., a master in cunning, a crafty man:

    me quoque dolis jam superat architectonem,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 150.

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  • 49 argutiae

    argūtĭae, ārum (the sing. argutia, ae, is rare and only among later writers; cf. Charis. p. 20, and Phocae Ars, p. 1708 P.), f. [argutus].
    I.
    That which is clear to the senses, vigor of expression, liveliness, animation; of works of art: Parrhasius primus symmetriam picturae dedit, primus argutias vultūs, elegantiam capilli, etc., Plin. 35, 10, 36, §

    37: argutiae operum,

    id. 34, 18, 19, § 65.—Of the quick motion of the fingers (cf. argutus):

    nulla mollitia cervicum, nullae argutiae digitorum,

    Cic. Or. 18, 59.—Of the chattering notes of the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 85.—Of chattering discourse, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 19; id. Most. 1, 1, 2.—
    II.
    Transf. to mental qualities.
    A.
    Brightness, acuteness, wit, genius:

    hujus (C. Titii) orationes tantum argutiarum, tantum urbanitatis habent, ut paene Attico stilo scriptae esse videantur. Easdem argutias in tragoedias transtulit,

    Cic. Brut. 45, 167:

    Demosthenes nihil Lysiae subtilitate cedit, nihil argutiis et acumine Hyperidi,

    id. Or. 31, 110. —
    B.
    Slyness, subtlety, cunning, shrewdness in speech or action:

    sed nihil est quod illi (Graeci) non persequantur suis argutiis,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

    cujus loquacitas habet aliquid argutiarum,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 7.—In this signif. also in the sing.:

    importuna atque audax argutia,

    Gell. 3, 1, 6:

    levis et quasi dicax argutia,

    id. 12, 2 (cf. argutiola); Pall. Insit. prooem. 1; so App. M. 1, 1.

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  • 50 ars

    ars, artis, f. [v. arma], skill in joining something, combining, working it, etc., with the advancement of Roman culture, carried entirely beyond the sphere of the common pursuits of life, into that of artistic and scientific action, just as, on the other hand, in mental cultivation, skill is applied to morals, designating character, manner of thinking, so far as it is made known by external actions (syn.: doctrina, sollertia, calliditas, prudentia, virtus, industria, ratio, via, dolus).
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    Zeno censet artis proprium esse creare et gignere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 57:

    quarum (artium) omne opus est in faciendo atque agendo,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 22; id. Off. 2, 3, 12 sq.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    With the idea extended, any physical or mental activity, so far as it is practically exhibited; a profession, art ( music, poetry, medicine, etc.); acc. to Roman notions, the arts were either liberales or ingenuae artes, arts of freemen, the liberal arts; or artes illiberales or sordidae, the arts, employments, of slaves or the lower classes.
    a.
    In gen.:

    Eleus Hippias gloriatus est nihil esse ullā in arte rerum omnium, quod ipse nesciret: nec solum has artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometriam, musicam, litterarum cognitionem et poëtarum, atque illa, quae de naturis rerum, quae de hominum moribus, quae de rebus publicis dicerentur, sed anulum, quem haberet, pallium, quo amictus, soccos, quibus indutus esset, se suā manu confecisse,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

    Jam de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, haec fere accepimus. Primum improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut feneratorum. Illiberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omniumque, quorum operae, non artes emuntur: est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis... Opificesque omnes in sordidā arte versantur... Quibus autem artibus aut prudentia major inest aut non mediocris utilitas quaeritur, ut medicina, ut architectura, ut doctrina rerum honestarum, hae sunt iis, quorum ordini conveniunt, honestae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 sq.; cf. id. Fam. 4, 3:

    artes elegantes,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

    laudatae,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 9:

    bonae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 32:

    optimae,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 111:

    magnae,

    id. Or. 1, 4:

    maximae,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    gravissimae,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

    leviores artes,

    id. Brut. 1, 3:

    mediocres,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    omnis artifex omnis artis,

    Vulg. Apoc. 18, 22:

    artifices omnium artium,

    ib. 1 Par. 22, 15.—
    b.
    Esp., of a single art, and,
    (α).
    With an adj. designating it:

    ars gymnastica,

    gymnastics, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 73:

    ars duellica,

    the art of war, id. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

    ars imperatoria,

    generalship, Quint. 2, 17, 34:

    (artes) militares et imperatoriae,

    Liv. 25, 9, 12:

    artes civiles,

    politics, Tac. Agr. 29:

    artes urbanae,

    i. e. jurisprudence and eloquence, Liv. 9, 42:

    ars grammatica,

    grammar, Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 128:

    rhetorica,

    Quint. 2, 17, 4:

    musica,

    poetry, Ter. Hec. prol. 23:

    musica,

    music, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93:

    medicae artes,

    the healing art, medicine, Ov. H. 5, 145; so,

    ars Apollinea,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 10:

    magica,

    Verg. A. 4, 493, and Vulg. Sap. 17, 7; so,

    maleficis artibus inserviebat,

    he used witchcraft, ib. 2 Par. 33, 6 al.—
    (β).
    With a gen. designating it:

    ars disserendi,

    dialectics, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 157:

    ars dicendi,

    the art of speaking, id. ib. 1, 23, 107, and Quint. 2, 17, 17; so,

    ars eloquentiae,

    id. 2, 11, 4:

    ars medendi,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 735:

    ars medentium,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 158:

    medicorum ars,

    Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 12:

    pigmentariorum ars,

    the art of unguents, ib. 2 Par. 16, 4:

    ars armorum,

    the art of war, Quint. 2, 17, 33:

    ars pugnae,

    Vulg. Judith, 5, 27; so in plur.:

    belli artes,

    Liv. 25, 40, 5:

    ars gubernandi,

    navigation, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24; Quint. 2, 17, 33; so,

    ars gubernatoris,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42.—Sometimes the kind of art may be distinguished by the connection, so that ars is used absol. of a particular art:

    instruere Atriden num potes arte meā? i. e. arte sagittandi,

    Ov. H. 16, 364:

    tunc ego sim Inachio notior arte Lino, i. e. arte canendi,

    Prop. 3, 4, 8:

    fert ingens a puppe Notus: nunc arte (sc. navigandi) relictā Ingemit,

    Stat. Th. 3, 29; so Luc. 7, 126; Sil. 4, 715:

    imus ad insignes Urbis ab arte (sc. rhetoricā) viros,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 16:

    ejusdem erat artis, i. e. artis scaenofactoriae,

    Vulg. Act. 18, 3.—
    2.
    Science, knowledge:

    quis ignorat, ii, qui mathematici vocantur, quantā in obscuritate rerum et quam reconditā in arte et multiplici subtilique versentur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

    nam si ars ita definitur, ex rebus penitus perspectis planeque cognitis atque ab opinionis arbitrio sejunctis, scientiāque comprehensis, non mihi videtur ars oratoris esse ulla,

    id. ib. 1, 23, 108: nihil est quod ad artem redigi possit, nisi ille prius, qui illa tenet. quorum artem instituere vult, habeat illam scientiam (sc. dialecticam), ut ex iis rebus, quarum ars nondum sit, artem efficere possit, id. ib. 1, 41, 186:

    ars juris civilis,

    id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

    (Antiochus) negabat ullam esse artem, quae ipsa a se proficisceretur. Etenim semper illud extra est, quod arte comprehenditur... Est enim perspicuum nullam artem ipsam in se versari, sed esse aliud artem ipsam, aliud, quod propositum sit arti,

    id. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9; id. Cael. 30, 72; id. Or. 1, 4:

    vir bonus optimisque artibus eruditus,

    Nep. Att. 12, 4: ingenium docile, come, ap-tum ad artes optimas, id. Dion, 1, 2 al.—
    C. 1.
    The theory of any art or science: ars est praeceptio, quae dat certam viam rationemque faciendi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 1, 1;

    Asper, p. 1725 P.: non omnia, quaecumque loquimur, mihi videntur ad artem et ad praecepta esse revocanda,

    not every thing is to be traced back to theory and rules, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44: res mihi videtur esse facultate ( in practice) praeclara, arte ( in theory) mediocris;

    ars enim earum rerum est, quae sciuntur: oratoris autem omnis actio opinionibus, non scientiā continetur,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 30; id. Ac. 2, 7, 22.—In later Lat. ars is used,
    a.
    Absol. for grammatical analysis, grammar:

    curru non, ut quidam putant, pro currui posuit, nec est apocope: sed ratio artis antiquae, etc.,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 156; 1, 95: et hoc est artis, ut (vulgus) masculino utamur, quia omnia Latina nomina in us exeuntia, si neutra fuerint, tertiae sunt declinationis, etc., id. ad eund. ib. 1, 149: secundum artem dicamus honor, arbor, lepor: plerumque poëtae r in s mutant, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 153 al.—Hence also,
    b.
    As a title of books in which such theories are discussed, for rhetorical and, at a later period, for grammatical treatises.
    (α).
    Rhetorical:

    quam multa non solum praecepta in artibus, sed etiam exempla in orationibus bene dicendi reliquerunt!

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

    ipsae rhetorum artes, quae sunt totae forenses atque populares,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 4: neque eo dico, quod ejus (Hermagorae) ars mihi mendosissime scripta videatur; nam satis in eā videtur ex antiquis artibus ( from the ancient works on rhetoric) ingeniose et diligenter electas res collocāsse, id. Inv. 1, 6 fin.:

    illi verbis et artibus aluerunt naturae principia, hi autem institutis et legibus,

    id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

    artem scindens Theodori,

    Juv. 7, 177.—
    (β).
    Grammar:

    in artibus legimus superlativum gradum non nisi genitivo plurali jungi,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 96: ut in artibus lectum est, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 535.—So Ars, as the title of the later Lat. grammars: Donati Ars Grammatica, Cledonii Ars, Marii Victorini Ars, etc.; v. the grammarians in Gothofred., Putsch., Lindem., Keil.—
    2.
    The knowledge, art, skill, workmanship, employed in effecting or working upon an object (Fr. adresse):

    majore quādam opus est vel arte vel diligentiā,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14 fin.:

    et tripodas septem pondere et arte pares,

    Ov. H. 3, 32: qui canit arte, canat;

    qui bibit arte, bibat,

    id. A. A. 2, 506:

    arte laboratae vestes,

    Verg. A. 1, 639:

    plausus tunc arte carebat,

    was void of art, was natural, unaffected, Ov. A. A. 1, 113.—
    3.
    (Concr.) The object artistically formed, a work of art:

    clipeum efferri jussit Didymaonis artis,

    Verg. A. 5, 359:

    divite me scilicet artium, Quas aut Parrhasius protulit aut Scopas,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 1, 6, 17.—
    4.
    Artes (personified), the Muses:

    artium chorus,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 19.—
    II.
    Transf. from mind to morals, the moral character of a man, so far as it is made known by actions, conduct, manner of acting, habit, practice, whether good or bad:

    si in te aegrotant artes antiquae tuae,

    your former manner of life, conduct, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 35; cf. Hor. C. 4, 15, 12; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 6 Lind.:

    nempe tuā arte viginti minae Pro psaltriā periere,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 24:

    quid est, Quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

    my assiduity, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

    Hac arte (i. e. constantiā, perseverantiā) Pollux et vagus Hercules Enisus arces attigit igneas,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 9:

    multae sunt artes (i. e. virtutes) eximiae, hujus administrae comitesque virtutis (sc. imperatoris),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13; id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; id. Verr. 2, 4, 37 Zumpt:

    nam imperium facile his artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est,

    Sall. C. 2, 4 Kritz; so id. ib. 5, 7:

    cultusque artesque virorum,

    Ov. M. 7, 58:

    mores quoque confer et artes,

    id. R. Am. 713: praeclari facinoris aut artis [p. 167] bonae famam quaerere, Sall. C. 2, 9; so id. ib. 10, 4:

    animus insolens malarum artium,

    id. ib. 3, 4; so Tac. A. 14, 57.—Hence also, absol. in mal. part. as in Gr. technê for cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem:

    haec arte tractabat virum,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125 (cf. Ov. H. 17, 142):

    capti eādem arte sunt, quā ceperant Fabios,

    Liv. 2, 51; 3, 35:

    at Cytherea novas artes, nova pectore versat Consilia,

    Verg. A. 1, 657; so id. ib. 7, 477:

    ille dolis instructus et arte Pelasgā,

    id. ib. 2, 152:

    talibus insidiis perjurique arte Sinonis Credita res, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 195:

    fraudes innectere ponto Antiquā parat arte,

    Luc. 4, 449:

    tantum illi vel ingenii vel artis vel fortunae superfuit,

    Suet. Tit. 1:

    fugam arte simulantes,

    Vulg. Jud. 20, 32: regem summis artibus pellexit, pasêi mêchanêi, Suet. Vit. 2.

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  • 51 artifex

    artĭfex, fĭcis, m. [ars-facio].
    I.
    Subst.
    A.
    1.. One that is master in the liberal arts (while opifex is a master in the artes sordidae; cf. ars, I. B. 1.), an artist, artificer:

    illi artifices corporis simulacra ignotis nota faciebant,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12:

    reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex (i. e. architectus) inire rationem potuit,

    Liv. 42, 3:

    in armamentario multis talium operum (sc. tormentorum) artificibus de industriā inclusis,

    id. 29, 35:

    ut aiunt in Graecis artificibus eos auloedos esse, qui citharoedi fieri non potuerint, sic, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 13, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 169 al.:

    artifices scaenici,

    Cic. Arch. 5, 10; id. Quinct. 25; Suet. Caes. 84:

    artifex lignorum,

    a carpenter, Vulg. 2 Reg. 5, 11; so,

    artifex lignarius,

    ib. Isa. 44, 13:

    artifices lapidum,

    masons, ib. 2 Reg. 5, 11:

    artifex aerarius,

    a worker in bronze, ib. 3 Reg. 7, 14 (often thus used in Vulg. for opifex).—Also absol.:

    artifex,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 70:

    multi artifices ex Graeciā venerunt,

    Liv. 39, 22; so id. 5, 1; 5, 7; 5, 2; 41, 20; so Vulg. Exod. 36, 4; ib. Isa. 40, 20; ib. Act. 19, 24 et saep.—So of a charioteer, as in Gr. technitês:

    ne hoc gloriae artificis daretur (auriga standing just before),

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186.—Of a physician, Liv. 5, 3. —Of an orator or writer:

    Graeci dicendi artifices et doctores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:

    cum contra talem artificem (sc. Hortensium oratorem) dicturus essem,

    id. Quinct. 24 fin.:

    politus scriptor atque artifex,

    id. Or. 51, 172. —
    2.
    Trop., a master in any thing, in doing any thing, etc.:

    artifices ad corrumpendum judicium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71:

    artifex callidus comparandarum voluptatum,

    id. Fin. 2, 35, 116:

    Cotta in ambitione artifex,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47:

    serendae in alios invidiae artifex,

    Tac. H. 2, 86 al. —
    B.
    A maker, originator, author, contriver:

    si pulcher est hic mundus, si probus ejus artifex, etc.,

    Cic. Tim. 2:

    cujus (civitatis) artifex et conditor (est) Deus,

    Vulg. Heb. 11, 10:

    artifex omnium natura,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

    si indocta consuetudo tam est artifex suavitatis,

    id. Or. 48, 161:

    artificem (sc. malorum) mediis immittam Terea flammis,

    Ov. M. 6, 615:

    vadit ad artificem dirae Polymestora caedis,

    id. ib. 13, 551:

    sceleris infandi artifex,

    Sen. Agam. 975.—Ironic.:

    O artificem probum!

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 29.—Also for a sly, cunning contriver, inventor of a thing (cf. ars, II. fin.):

    et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

    Verg. A. 2, 125; 11, 407. —
    II.
    Adj.
    A.
    Act., skilled in a thing; skilful, practised, ingenious, dexterous:

    Bomilcar et per homines talis negotii artifices itinera explorat,

    Sall. J. 35, 5:

    miles decollandi artifex,

    Suet. Calig. 32:

    artifex faber de silvā,

    Vulg. Sap. 13, 11:

    tam artifices saltationis,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—Also of inanimate things:

    artifices Natura manus admovit,

    Ov. M. 15, 218:

    Tellus artifices ne terat Osca manus,

    Prop. 5, 2, 62:

    artifex, ut ita dicam, stilus,

    Cic. Brut. 25, 95:

    mobilitas ignea artifex ad formanda corpora,

    Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187:

    vir tam artificis ingenii,

    id. 8, 16, 21, § 55 al. — Poet. with inf.:

    venter, negatas artifex sequi voces,

    Pers. prol. 11.—
    B.
    Pass., skilfully prepared or made, artistic, artificial, ingenious:

    quattuor artifices vivida signa boves,

    Prop. 3, 29, 8:

    tantae tamque artifices argutiae,

    Plin. 10, 29, 4, § 85:

    artifex dimicatio,

    id. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

    motus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 8:

    manus libratur artifici temperamento,

    Plin. 12, 25, 54, §

    115: artifex vultus,

    Pers. 5, 40:

    plaga,

    Sol. 35 al. — Poet. of a horse, broken, trained, Ov. A. A. 3, 556.

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  • 52 artificium

    artĭfĭcĭum, ii, n. [artifex].
    I.
    In gen., the occupation of an artifex, a profession, trade, an employment, a handicraft, an art:

    Jam de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    ne opifices quidem tueri sua artificia possent, nisi, etc.,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

    in artificio perquam tenui et levi (sc. scaenico),

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 129:

    sordidum ancillareque,

    id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; so Tac. Or. 32; Sen. Ben. 6, 17: de hoc artificio est nobis acquisitio, * Vulg. Act. 19, 25:

    non tu in isto artificio accusatorio callidior es quam hic in suo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 17, 49 al. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Skill, knowledge, ingenuity in any thing:

    simulacrum Dianae singulari opere artificioque perfectum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33; so id. ib. 2, 4, 21: quae certis signis artificii notata sunt, Auct. ad Her. 4, 4.—
    B.
    Theory, system (cf. ars, I. C. 1.):

    non esse eloquentiam ex artificio, sed artificium ex eloquentiā natum,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 146:

    existimant artificium esse hoc quoddam non dissimile ceterorum, cujusmodi de ipso jure civili Crassus componi posse dicebat,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 83: scientia cujusdam artificii non numquam dicitur prudentia, Auct. ad Her. 3, 2:

    artificium memoriae,

    mnemonics, id. ib. 4, 16.—
    C.
    Skill serviceable in the attainment of any object, ingenuity, art, dexterity; and in a bad sense, craft, cunning, artifice (cf. ars, II.):

    id ipsum, quod contra me locutus es, artificio quodam es consecutus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74:

    opus est non solum ingenio, verum etiam artificio quodam singulari,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 40 fin.:

    vicinitas non assueta mendaciis, non fucosa, non fallax, non erudita artificio simulationis,

    id. Planc. 9:

    non virtute, neque in acie vicisse Romanos, sed artificio quodam et scientiā oppugnationis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29: quorum artificiis effectum est, ut res publica in hunc statum perveniret, id. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, C. fin.

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  • 53 artio

    1.
    artĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a. [1. artus], to fit close, to drive in tight (only ante-class.):

    surculum,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 3; so id. ib. 41, 2: linguam in palatum, Nov. ap. Non. p. 505, 30.
    2.
    artĭo, īre, v. a. [ars], to indue with art; only in the two foll. exs.: artitus: bonis instructus artibus, skilled in arts. Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll. (cf.:

    centum puer artium,

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 15).—Hence also endowed with cunning (cf. ars, II. fin.), artful:

    artiti viri,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 19 in varr. lectt.

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  • 54 astutia

    astūtĭa, ae, f. [astutus], the quality of being astutus, orig. (like acumen, dolus, etc.) dexterity, adroitness, and also (eccl. Lat.) understanding, wisdom: Quibus (feris) abest ad praecavendum intellegendi astutia, Pac. ap. Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. Rel. p. 122 Rib.):

    ut detur parvulis astutia,

    Vulg. Prov. 1, 4:

    intellegite, parvuli, astutiam,

    ib. ib. 8, 5.—But very early used in a bad sense, cunning, slyness, subtlety, craft as a habit (most freq. in ante-class. and Ciceron. Lat.;

    afterwards supplanted by astus, q. v.): est nobis spes in hac astutiā,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 53:

    nec copiast [Me expediundi], nisi si astutiam aliquam corde machinor,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 15 Fleck.; 3, 4, 7; id. Ep. 3, 2, 27; id. Mil. 2, 2, 82:

    nunc opus est tuā Mihi ad hanc rem expromptā malitiā atque astutiā,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 8; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 32:

    quod si aut confidens astutia aut callida esset audacia, vix ullo obsisti modo posset,

    Cic. Clu. 65, 183:

    quae tamen non astutiā quādam, sed aliquā potius sapientiā secutus sum,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

    qui (Deus) adprehendit sapientes in astutiā eorum,

    Vulg. Job, 5, 13; ib. 1 Cor. 3, 19; ib. Ephes. 4, 14.—Also plur.:

    in regionem astutiarum mearum te induco,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 78; so id. Ep. 3, 2, 39:

    Hem astutias,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 25 Don.:

    aliter leges, aliter philosophi tollunt astutias,

    Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68; 3, 17, 61.

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  • 55 astutulus

    astūtŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [id.], somewhat sly or cunning:

    anus,

    App. M. 6, p. 184, 29.

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  • 56 astutus

    astūtus, a, um, adj. [a lengthened form of the ante-class. astus, like versutus from versus, cinctutus from cinctus; and astus itself has the form of a P. a., q. v. init. ], shrewd, sagacious, expert; or (more freq., cf. astutia) in mal. part., sly, cunning, artful, designing, etc.
    * I.
    Ante-class. form astus, a, um: asta lingua, Att. ap. Non. p. 1, 54.—
    II.
    Class. form astūtus:

    malus, callidus, astutus admodum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 112:

    Causam dicere adversus astutos, audacīs viros, valentes virgatores,

    id. As. 3, 2, 19:

    non tam astutus, neque ita perspicax,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 1:

    verum ego numquam adeo astutus fui, Quin etc.,

    id. Ad. 2, 2, 13:

    ratio,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 11 fin.:

    nihil astutum,

    id. Or. 19, 64: hoc celandi genus est hominis non aperti, non simplicis, non ingenui;

    versuti potius, obscuri, astuti, fallacis,

    id. Off. 3, 13, 57:

    astuti Getae,

    Prop. 5, 5, 44:

    Parthorum astutae tela remissa fugae,

    id. 4, 8, 54:

    ut est astuta et ingeniosa sollertia,

    Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 192, where Jan omits astuta et:

    gens non astuta, nec callida,

    Tac. G. 22 et saep.:

    pro bene sano Ac non incauto fictum astutumque vocamus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 62:

    homo sagax et astutus,

    Mart. 12, 88, 4:

    Est vir astutus multorum eruditor,

    Vulg. Eccli. 37, 21:

    vulpes,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 186:

    consilium,

    Gell. 5, 10 al. —As subst. (eccl. Lat.):

    Astutus omnia agit cum consilio,

    Vulg. Prov. 13, 16; ib. Eccli. 18, 28.— Comp.:

    fallacia astutior,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 7:

    si qui me astutiorem fingit (followed by callidius),

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 6:

    qui custodit increpationes, astutior fiet,

    Vulg. Prov. 15, 5.—
    * Sup.:

    astutissimus adversarius,

    Aug. Serm. 17: astutissima calliditas, id. Civ. Dei, 21, 6.— Adv.: astūtē, craftily, cunningly:

    astute comminisci aliquid,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 96:

    docte atque astute captare,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

    consulte, docte atque astute cavere,

    id. Rud. 4, 7, 14: Astute, shrewdly done, Ter. And. 1, 2, 12:

    astute labefactare aliquem,

    id. Eun. 3, 3, 3:

    satis astute adgredi aliquem,

    id. Phorm. 5, 8, 75:

    astute reticere aliquid,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: astute nihil agere, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 3.— Comp.:

    astutius ponere aliquid,

    Varr. L. L. 9, 1 Müll.— Sup.:

    astutissime componere aliquid,

    Gell. 18, 4:

    astutissime excogitare,

    Lact. 1, 22: astutissime fingi, Aug. Civ. Dei, 19, 5.

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  • 57 bisbellio

    bispellio, ōnis, m. [bis-pellis], only trop., a man with two skins, a cunning man, Dig. 47, 3, 72; also written bisbel-lio, Dig. 21, 2, 31.

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  • 58 bispellio

    bispellio, ōnis, m. [bis-pellis], only trop., a man with two skins, a cunning man, Dig. 47, 3, 72; also written bisbel-lio, Dig. 21, 2, 31.

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  • 59 calliditas

    callĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [callidus], the being callidus, in a good or bad sense.
    I.
    In a good sense, shrewdness, skill, skilfulness, readiness, aptness (so several times after the Aug. period):

    calliditas ingenii,

    Nep. Eum. 1, 3; Ov. F. 3, 380; Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195; Tac. Agr. 9; Flor. 2, 17, 15; Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—Far more freq. and class.,
    II.
    In a bad sense, cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness:

    scientia, quae est remota ab justitiā, calliditas potius quam sapientia est appellanda,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; 3, 32, 113; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; id. Har. Resp. 9, 19; id. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 2, 5, 7; 4, 2, 126; Ov. H. 16, 300; 20, 126; Mart. 11, 50, 2 al.—Of stratagem in war, Liv. 42, 47, 7:

    calliditas ad robur accesserat,

    Flor. 3, 4, 3.— Trop., of oratorical artifice:

    genus ejusmodi calliditatis atque calumniae,

    Cic. Part. Or. 39, 137.—In plur.:

    servi venere in mentem Syri Calliditates,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 14; Lact. 2, 12, 17.

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  • 60 callidulus

    callĭdŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [callidus], a little cunning or sly:

    fraus,

    Arn. 2, p. 91.

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