in-tellĕgens

intellĕgo (less correctly intellĭgo), exi, ectum (intellexti for intellexisti, Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 30; Cic. Att. 13, 32, 3:

intellexes for intellexisses,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 81; subj. perf.:

intellegerint,

Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 23 Dietsch), 3, v. a. [inter-lego], to see into, perceive, understand.

Lit.

To perceive, understand, comprehend:

qualem autem deum intellegere nos possumus nulla virtute praeditum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 38 Schoemann ad loc.:

haec dumtaxat in Graecis intellego, quae ipsi, qui scripserunt, voluerunt a vulgo intellegi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14:

puderet me dicere non intellegere, si vos ipsi intellegeretis, qui ista defenditis,

id. N. D. 1, 39:

corpus quid sit intellego,

id. ib. 1, 26:

quare autem in his vis deorum insit, tum intellegam cum cognovero,

id. ib. 3, 24:

quam sis audax hinc omnes intellegere potuerunt, quod,

id. Rosc. Am. 31:

magna ex parvis,

id. Off. 1, 41:

intellexi ex tuis litteris, te audisse,

id. Att. 6, 9:

de gestu intellego, quid respondeas,

id. Vatin. 15:

intellegere et sapere plus quam ceteros,

id. Off. 2, 14:

cernere aliquid animo atque intellegere,

id. Top. 5:

facile intellectu est,

Nep. Dion. 9:

intellegi necesse est: esse deos,

Cic. N. D. 1, 17; id. Tusc. 3, 5:

quocirca intellegi necesse est, in ipsis rebus invitamenta inesse,

id. Fin. 5, 11.—In answers, intellego corresponds to our I understand, go on, very well, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 63; Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 93.— Abl. absol.: intellecto; with rel. clause:

quidam bonorum caesi, postquam, intellecto in quos saeviretur, pessimi quoque arma rapuerant,

Tac. A. 1, 49;

intellecto quantum bellum suscitaret,

Just. 38, 3, 6.—

In partic., to have an accurate knowledge of or skill in a thing, to be a connoisseur:

faciunt intellegendo ut nihil intellegant,

Ter. And. prol. 17:

tametsi non multum in istis rebus intellego,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

hoc nugatorium sciebam esse, ista intellegere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 14, §

33: quoniam non intellexerunt in operibus domini,

Lact. 4, 13, 18:

illi qui linguam ejus intellegebant,

Petr. S. 73, 3; Sen. Apoc. 5, 2.—

To distinguish:

oraculorum praestigias profani a veritate intellegere non possunt,

Lact. 2, 16.—

To see, perceive, observe by the understanding:

vehementer nunc mihi est irata: sentio atque intellego,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 64:

ubi neque cohortationes suas neque preces audiri intellegit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 42:

illi, ante inito, ut intellectum est, consilio,

id. B. G. 2, 33:

intellego, quid loquar,

Cic. Lig. 5.—

Of persons, to understand, comprehend, judge rightly (post-Aug.):

quod Catonem aetas sua parum intellexisset,

Sen. de Const. Sap. 1:

quando Socrates ab hominibus sui temporis parum intellegebatur,

Quint. 11, 1, 10; Vell. 2, 114, 5; Tac. A. 3, 3:

quem legatum tribunus ita et intellexit et cepit, ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5. —

To understand a language: isti qui linguam avium intellegunt, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131 (Trag. v. 83 Rib.):

in iis linguis quas non intellegimus,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116:

quantum ego Graece scripta intellegere possum,

id. de Or. 2, 13, 55:

linguam ejus,

Sen. de M. Claud. 5, 2; Petr. 73.—

To understand by any thing, to take a thing to mean.

With in or sub aliqua re, or per aliquid: illa est eutaxia, in qua intellegitur ordinis conservatio, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142:

sub hoc themate intellegere non hoc, sed, etc.,

Sen. Contr. 9, 28, 10:

intellego sub hoc verbo multa,

id. ib. 1, 2, 15:

per nemo homo,

Donat. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 1:

solem sub appellatione Jovis,

Macr. S. 1, 23, 5:

per sagittas vim radiorum,

id. ib. 1, 17, 12. —

With two acc.:

non habeo quod intellegam bonum illud,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41. —

With acc. and abl.: consuetudo omnibus his nominibus Argesten intellegi, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.—

Transf., to perceive, discern by the senses; to see, feel, notice. Alcumenam ante aedis stare saturam intellego, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 35: Si. Statum vide hominis, Callipho.... Ca. Bene confidenterque astitisse intellego, id. Ps. 1, 5, 41:

illa quidem primo nullos intellegit ignes,

Ov. M. 9, 456:

frigus,

Col. Arbor. 13:

vestigia hominum intellegi a feris,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 58; 28, 4, 14, § 55.— Hence, in-tellĕgens, entis, P. a., that has understanding or that understands a thing; intelligent, acquainted with.

In gen.:

semperne vulgi judicium cum intellegentium judicio congruit?

Cic. Brut. 49:

intellegens dicendi existimator,

id. ib. 54:

judicium,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4:

vir,

id. Fin. 3, 5.—With gen.:

cujusvis generis ejus intellegens,

id. ib. 2, 20.— Comp.:

aliquid intellegentiore mente discutere,

Aug. Retract. 1, 19.—

In partic.

Intellegens alicujus, that understands a person, rightly estimates his character:

intellegens principis nostri, cujus videbam hanc esse laudem,

Plin. Ep. 6, 27, 2 Döring ad loc.—

Well skilled in matters of taste, a connoisseur:

signa pulcherrima quae non modo istum hominem, ingeniosum atque intellegentem, verum etiam quemvis nostrum, quos iste idiotas appellat, delectare possent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4:

ut putetur in istis rebus intellegens esse,

id. ib. 2. 4, 15, § 33.— Adv.: intellĕgenter, intelligently:

ut amice, ut intelligenter, ut attente audiamur,

Cic. Part. 8, 28:

lectitare,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.