knowledge and skill

sollertĭa ( sōlert-), ae, 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.

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).

Skill in producing any material form, handicraft, trade, occupation, employment (technê).

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.—

Transf.

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.

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.—

Esp., of a single art, and,

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.—

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.—

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.—

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,

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,

As a title of books in which such theories are discussed, for rhetorical and, at a later period, for grammatical treatises.

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.—

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.—

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.—

(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.—

Artes (personified), the Muses:

artium chorus,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 19.—

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.

scĭentĭa, ae, f. (plur. only Vitr. 1, 1, 18; 3, praef. 1) [sciens], a knowing or being skilled in any thing, knowledge, science, skill, expertness, = cognitio, eruditio (freq. and class.).

Absol.:

aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiamsi maxime sciemus, nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem referre,

id. ib. 5, 3, 5:

Antiochus ingenio scientiāque putatur excellere,

id. Ac. 2, 2, 4:

omnes trahimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem... omnis autem cogitatio aut in consiliis capiendis aut in studiis scientiae cognitionisque versabitur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18 sq.; so (with cognitio) id. ib. 1, 44, 158; id. Fin. 5, 12, 34; 5, 18, 48 al.:

exercere altissimam eruditionem ac scientiam,

Quint. 1, 4, 6:

his difficultatibus duae res erant subsidio, scientia atque usus militum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20; cf. so (with usus) infra, b:

nullam rem esse declarant in usu positam militari, quae hujus viri scientiam fugere possit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

notabo singulas res: etsi nullo modo poterit oratio mea satisfacere vestrae scientiae,

id. Phil. 2, 23, 57; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92: tuae scientiae excellenti ac singulari non multo plus quam nostri relictum est loci, i. e. for jurisprudence than for oratory, id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

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

id. de Or. 2, 7, 30:

etsi ars, cum eā non utare, scientiā tamen ipsā teneri potest,

in theory, theoretically, id. Rep. 1, 2, 2; so (opp. ars) id. Fin. 5, 9, 26; id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

alter (Cratippus) te scientiā augere potest, altera (urbs Athenarum) exemplis,

id. Off. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 14, 59:

jam efficaci do manus scientiae,

Hor. Epod. 17, 1:

trivialis scientia,

Quint. 1, 4, 27: cum tanta sit celeritas animorum... tot artes tantae scientiae, tot inventa, requiring so great knowledge (scientiae is gen. sing.), Cic. Sen. 21, 78 (dub.; B. and K. bracket the words tantae scientiae); cf.:

physica ipsa et mathematica scientiae sunt eorum, qui, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 14, 61.— Plur.: disciplinarum scientiae, Vitr. 3, praef. § 1. —

With gen. obj.:

rerum magnarum atque artium scientiam consequi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 20; (with cognitio rei) id. ib. 3, 29, 112:

Veneti scientiā atque usu nauticarum rerum reliquos antecedunt,

Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

sine regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientiā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

ignoratio futurorum malorum utilior est quam scientia,

id. Div. 2, 9, 23; so (opp. ignoratio) id. Leg. 1, 6, 18; id. Sull. 13, 39; id. Rep. 1, 6, 11:

astrologiae scientia,

id. ib. 1, 14, 22:

dialecticorum,

id. Or. 32, 113:

juris,

id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

rei militaris,

id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Caes. B. G. 3, 23; 7, 57:

oppugnationis (with artificium),

id. ib. 7, 29:

linguae Gallicae,

id. ib. 1, 47:

colendorum deorum (sanctitas),

Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 116:

verborum aut faciendorum aut deligendorum,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 36: qui in alienis morbis profitentur tenere se medicinae scientiam, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 5:

fundendi aeris,

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 46; 35, 12, 44, § 153 et saep.—

With in or de and abl. (rare):

scientia in legibus interpretandis,

Cic. Phil. 9, 5, 10:

in affectibus omnis generis movendis,

Quint. 10, 2, 27:

cujus scientiam de omnibus constat fuisse, ejus ignoratio de aliquo purgatio debet videri,

Cic. Sull. 13, 39.

scĭo, īvi, ītum, 4 (old imperf. scibam, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 34; 2, 4, 89; id. Ps. 1, 5, 84; 1, 5, 86; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 68; id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:

scibas,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 24; id. Ps. 1, 5, 85:

scibat,

id. Am. prol. 22; Lucr. 5, 934:

scibatis,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 47:

scibant,

Lucr. 5, 949; 5, 953; Cat. 68, 85.— Fut. scibo, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 13; id. Most. 4, 3, 5; id. Men. 2, 3, 35; 5, 2, 57; id. Ps. 1, 2, 41; 1, 5, 65; id. Truc. 2, 6, 69; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 58; id. Ad. 3, 3, 7; 5, 2, 5; id. Hec. 2, 2, 4:

scibis,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 22; id. Ep. 2, 2, 101; 5, 1, 49; id. Mil. 4, 8, 55; id. Ps. 4, 4, 2; id. Poen. 5, 4, 57; id. Pers. 2, 2, 37; id. Rud. 2, 3, 35; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 35; id. Heaut. 5, 2, 43:

scibit,

Cato, R. R. 5, 5; Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 69; 1, 2, 51; id. Mil. 3, 2, 46; Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38:

scibimus,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 57:

scibunt,

id. Poen. 2, 16.— Perf. sciit, Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 17.— Pass. scibitur, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

scin' for scisne,

id. Am. 1, 1, 200; 2, 2, 39; 5, 1, 30; id. As. 3, 3, 113; id. Aul. 1, 1, 8 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 47; 3, 1, 47; 4, 6, 6; 4, 7, 30 et saep.— Perf. sync. scisti, Ov. A. A. 1, 131; id. F. 4, 527:

scirint,

Tac. Dial. 33; so, regularly, inf. scisse, e. g. Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), v. a. [root sci-; Gr. keiô (for skeiô), keazô, to split, divide; cf.: scisco, plebiscitum, etc., prop. to distinguish, discern].

Lit.

In gen., to know, in the widest signif. of the word; to understand; perceive; to have knowledge of or skill in any thing, etc.:

plurimā mutatione figuramus, Scio, Non ignoro, et Non me fugit, et Non me praeterit, et Quis nescit? et Nemini dubium est. Sed etiam ex proximo mutuari licet. Nam et intellego et sentio et video saepe idem valent quod scio,

Quint. 10, 1, 13 (freq. in all styles and periods; cf. nosco).

With acc.:

aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiam si maxime sciemus, nec, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

ut vilicus naturam agri novit, dispensator litteras scit, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 3, 5:

quod nec didicerint nec umquam scire curaverint,

id. ib. 1, 6, 11:

ego omnem rem scio Quemadmodum est,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 69:

id equidem ego certo scio,

id. ib. 3, 3, 33:

quod pro certo sciam,

id. ib. 3, 4, 13: Mi. Ubi ipse est? Ch. Nescio. Nihil jam me oportet scire... nescio etiam id quod scio, id. ib. 4, 6, 21:

haec scivisti et me celavisti?

id. Pers. 5, 2, 19:

is omnes linguas scit: sed dissimulat sciens, Se scire,

id. Poen. prol. 112 (cf. supra, litteras, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5): comoediam, Titin. ap. Non. 277, 26:

bene id opus,

id. ib. 3, 21:

artem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44:

juventutis mores qui sciam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 2: remuneremini nos, ac quae scitis, proferatis in me dium:

nemo enim omnia potest scire,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

nec scire fas est omnia,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 22:

SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, S. C. de Bacch. 23, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 173: quod scio, omne ex hoc scio,

I know all from him, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 7:

aliquid ex aliquo,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 45; id. Most. 3, 2, 58; Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 2, 3 al. (v. infra, g and d; and cf. in the foll., with de instead of ex):

quod sciam,

for aught I know, as far as I know, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; 2, 2, 15; id. Most. 4, 3, 19; id. Men. 2, 2, 23; 3, 2, 35 al.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 7; Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 4, 63 al.; cf.:

quantum ego quidem sciam,

Quint. 3, 1, 19.— Pass.:

quod quom scibitur, per urbem irridebor,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5:

ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 30:

an nihil certum sciri possit,

id. ib. 1, 51, 222: id de Marcello aut certe de Postumiā sciri potest, can be learned from Marcellus, etc., id. Att. 12, 22, 2.—

With inf., or more freq. with object-clause:

qui uti sciat,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27:

si sciret regibus uti,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 14:

antequam declamare sciat,

Quint. 2, 1, 3:

si docere sciant et velint,

id. 10, 5, 19:

digredi a re et redire ad propositum suum scierit,

id. 9, 2, 4 et saep.:

vincere scis, Hannibal,

Liv. 22, 51, 4:

qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat,

id. 22, 29, 8:

qui tegere liberos sciat,

id. 1, 53, 8; 38, 52, 2; Curt. 4, 2, 14:

scio, fortunas secundas neglegentiam prendere solere, Cato ap. Fest, s.v. parsi, p. 210: dii sciunt, culpam meam istanc non esse ullam,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41:

scio, tibi ita placere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46:

quas (leges) scitis exstare,

id. ib. 5, 2, 3: scimus L. Atilium appellatum esse sapientem id. Lael. 2, 6:

scis, In breve te cogi,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 7: scire licet, nobis venas et sanguen... alienigenis ex partibus esse, it is easy to see that, etc., Lucr. 1, 860 (shortly before and after, scilicet); so,

scire licet,

id. 1, 894; 2, 930; 2, 967; 3, 873 et saep.; Liv. 1, 39, 3; Cels. 1, 1 fin.; 1, 2; 3, 2 al.—So, in familiar style, imper. scito, be assured, I reply that, remember, etc.: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, scito te Kurou paideian reprehendere, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2; 12, 21, 5:

scito hoc nos in eo judicio consecutos esse, ut, etc.,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 24; 5, 20, 7; cf.:

istis contumeliis scitote Q. Lollium coactum, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; 2, 3, 56, § 129.—Esp., introducing a conclusion, after si, sin, nisi:

si venturus es, scito necesse esse te venire,

Cic. Fam. 9, 4 init.:

sin ista pax perditum hominem restitutura est, hoc animo scito omnis sanos, etc.,

id. ib. 10, 27, 1:

si vos semel finem legis transieritis, scitote vos nullum ceteris in aestimando finem improbitatis reliquisse,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220; 2, 4, 30, § 68; id. Cat. 2, 10, 23.—Rarely in part. pres. (postAug.; cf. P. a., infra):

interrogant an vir daturus sit beneficium ingrato, sciens ingratum esse,

Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1:

Laqueo vitam finiit, sciens et in Maximino multum esse roboris,

Capitol. in Max. 19:

totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere,

Gai. Inst. 4, 144.— Impers.:

hoc scitis omnes, usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit, Sestium vivere,

Cic. Sest. 38, 82.— Pass., with nom. and inf.:

Christus scitur vocis simplicis jussione ambulatum dedisse contractis,

Arn. 1, 48.—

With a rel.-clause:

isti jam sciunt, negotii quid sit,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 13:

ut sciamus, quid dicamus mox pro testimonio,

id. ib. 3, 2, 19:

scin' quam iracundus siem?

id. Bacch. 4, 2, 12:

cuivis facile scitu est, quam fuerim miser,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet,

Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

Sestium quanti faciam, ipse optime scio,

id. Fam. 13, 8, 1:

ex tribus istis modis rerum publicarum velim scire quod optimum judices,

id. ib. 1, 30, 46:

ut eum (hostem) non modo esse, sed etiam, quis et unde sit, scire possimus,

id. ib. 2, 3, 6:

coqua est haec quidem: Scit muriatica ut maceret,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 39; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 18; Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Hor. C. 3, 4, 42 al.:

scire velis, mea cur opuscula lector Laudet,

id. Ep. 1, 19, 35; 2, 2, 187:

quī scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20; Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; id. A. P. 462; cf. the phrase haud scio an, under an.— Pass.:

hinc sciri potuit, Quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 38: scito... nec, [p. 1644] quando futura sint comitia, sciri, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2.—With indic. in the rel.-clause (ante-class.): Ba. Scio, quid ago. Pi. Et pol ego scio, quid metuo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

scitin' quid ego vos rogo?

id. Men. 5, 9, 92:

scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,

id. Bacch. 2, 2, 24:

jam ego ex hoc, ut factum est, scibo,

id. Men. 5, 2, 57; instead of which, with subj.:

ex me primo prima scires, rem ut gessissem publicam,

id. Am. 1, 3, 26:

ex hoc scibo quid siet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; id. Hec. 4, 2, 4.—

With de:

jam vero de legibus, de bello, de pace... scisse,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58.—

Absol.:

hi sciunt, qui hic affuerunt,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 31:

quom videbis, tum scies,

id. Bacch. 1, 2, 37: Pi. Quī scire possum? Ch. Nullus plus, id. ib. 2, 2, 13:

quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1; so,

ut scitis, parenthetically,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21; 2, 31, 54; 6, 9, 9; id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.

scio alone, parenthetically: injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281:

ego abeo: tu jam scio patiere,

id. As. 2, 2, 111:

quam tu propediem effliges scio,

id. ib. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:

scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter,

Pers. 1, 27:

nemo ex me scibit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38.— Pass.:

non opus est dicto... at scito huic opus est,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 14:

plus, quam opus est scito, sciet,

id. ib. 4, 1, 18; so, with adv. or adverb.-clause:

non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140; so,

Latine,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; Liv. 1, 27:

luculenter Graece,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

Graece,

id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

ubi hanc forma videt honesta virginem, Et fidibus scire,

and that she was skilled in music, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53 (cf.: docere aliquem fidibus. Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

discere fidibus,

id. Lael. 8, 26).—

With de:

de legibus instituendis, de bello, de pace, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58:

cum is, qui de omnibus scierit, de Sullā se scire negavit,

id. Sull. 13, 39.—

With non (very rare for nescio; cf.:

non scire barbarum jam videtur, nescire dulcius,

Cic. Or. 47, 157):

quis enim erat qui non sciret studiosiorem Mithridatem fuisse, etc.,

id. Fl. 25, 59:

tam imperitus, ut non sciret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44:

quid? non sciunt ipsi viam, domum quā veniant?

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 25; Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 19.—

Ellipt.: scin' quomodo? do you know how (I shall serve you)? a threatening phrase in Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 200; id. Aul. 5, 21; id. Rud. 3, 5, 18.—

In partic., of a woman, to know carnally a man (cf. of a man, cognosco), Treb. xxx. Tyr. 30.—

Transf., publicists' t. t. for the usual scisco (v. h. v. II.), of the people, to ordain, decree, appoint any thing after knowledge obtained regarding it:

ut tribunus plebis rogationem ferret sciretque plebs, uti, etc.,

Liv. 26, 33, 10 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf.:

a scire for asciscere,

Tac. Agr. 19; id. H. 4, 80.—Hence, scĭens, entis, P. a., knowing, i. e.

Pregn., knowingly, wittingly, purposely, intentionally, etc. (freq. and class.): tu verbis conceptis conjuravisti sciens sciente animo tuo, Scip. Afric. minor ap. Gell. 7, 11, 9:

ubi verbis conceptis sciens libenter perjuraris,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 16:

amore ardeo et prudens, sciens, Vivus vidensque pereo,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 27; so (with prudens) Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 5; Suet. Ner. 2 fin.:

equidem plus hodie boni Feci imprudens, quam sciens ante hunc diem umquam,

Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 40; so (opp. imprudens) id. Phorm. 4, 3, 55; Cic. Planc. 16, 41; (opp. insciens) id. Balb. 5, 13:

habebit igitur te sciente et vidente curia senatorem, etc.,

id. Clu. 46, 129:

an ille me tentat sciens?

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 40; id. Ps. 1, 1, 90; id. Poen. prol. 112; Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 13; id. Heaut. 5, 5, 6 al.:

heia vero, inquit, geram morem vobis et me oblinam sciens,

Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8 et saep.—So the formula: si sciens fallo; v. fallo.—

Knowing, understanding, acquainted with, skilled, versed, or expert in any thing (class.).

Absol.:

id ego jam nunc tibi renuntio, ut sis sciens,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

quod me non scientem feceris,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 34;

Ter Heaut. 4, 8, 32: vites pampinari: sed a sciente,

Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

quis igitur hoc homine scientior umquam fuit?

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

scientior venefica,

Hor. Epod. 5, 72:

quae (navis) scientissimo gubernatore utitur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 58.— Sup.: sit oportet idem scientissimus, Col. 11, 1.—

With gen.:

dominum scientem esse oportet earum rerum, quae, etc.,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 1:

locorum,

Sall. J. 97, 3:

pugnae,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 24:

citharae,

id. ib. 3, 9, 10:

Latinae linguae,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

juris,

id. ib. 3, 70; 6, 26 et saep.— Sup.:

M. Scaurus, vir regendae rei publicae scientissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214; Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 13.—

Poet., with inf.:

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 25.— Adv.: scĭenter (acc. to B.), knowingly, understandingly, wisely, skilfully, expertly, etc.:

scienter et perite et ornate dicere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

uti (with modice),

id. ib. 1, 29, 132; id. Off. 2, 5, 18:

sese distribuunt in duas partes,

Caes. B. C. 1, 55.— Comp.:

neminem in eo genere scientius versatum Isocrate,

Cic. Or. 52, 175; Caes. B. G. 7, 22.— Sup.:

coepit rationem hujus operis (sphaerae) scientissime Gallus exponere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22; id. Div. 1, 41, 92.

artĭfĭcĭum, ii, n. [artifex].

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. —

Esp.

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.—

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.—

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.

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.