sōlert-

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sollers ( sōlers), tis (abl. regularly sollerti;

sollerte,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 35), adj. [sollus, i. e. totus - ars, and therefore qs. all art; hence, in gen.], skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert (class.; syn.; sagax, subtilis, expertus).

Of persons:

quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, solertem dabo,

to make ready, accomplished, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria sum, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

pictor sollers in arte,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 142:

sollertem tu me facis,

Ov. H. 20, 26:

ancilla,

id. Am. 1, 8, 87:

vir,

id. Ib. 279:

Ulixes,

id. P. 4, 14, 35:

agricola,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1.— Comp.:

sollertior et ingeniosior,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.— Sup.:

Sulla, rudis antea et ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est,

Sall. J. 96, 1:

hostis,

Suet. Caes. 35.— Poet., with inf.:

coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 17; Sil. 1, 79; 8, 260.—With gen.:

Musa lyrae sollers,

Hor. A. P. 407:

sollers cunctandi Fabius,

Sil. 7, 126.—With ad and acc.:

cum esset deus ad excogitandum providentissimus, ad faciendum sollertissimus,

Lact. 2, 8, 3.—

Transf., of things, ingenious, sagacious, intelligent, inventive:

opera providae sollertisque naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: animus, [p. 1721] Liv. 7, 14; cf.:

sollerti corde Prometheus,

Cat. 64, 295:

sollerti astu,

Ov. M. 4, 776:

sollers subtilisque descriptio partium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

frugum et pecudum custodia sollers,

Verg. G. 4, 327:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

ingenium,

Ov. F. 3, 840:

hominum natura,

id. Am. 3, 8, 45:

manus,

Tib. 1, 8, 29.— Comp.:

nihil sollertius,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

sollertius est multo genus virile,

Lucr. 5, 1356.— Sup.: fundus sollertissimus, qs. most creative, i. e. most productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 8 fin. — Hence, adv.: sollerter ( sōlert-), skilfully, dexterously, shrewdly, sagaciously, ingeniously:

aliquid consequi,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 26:

patefacere futura,

Tac. A. 6, 21:

explorans,

Spart. Hadr. 10.— Comp.:

simulata sollertius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88:

exprimere incessus, vultum, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 635:

colere hortos,

id. ib. 14, 624: imperare, Treb. Poll. Gall. 13.— Sup.:

aliquid sollertissime perspicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

tempora persequi,

Vop. Car. 4.

sollers ( sōlers), tis (abl. regularly sollerti;

sollerte,

Ov. P. 4, 14, 35), adj. [sollus, i. e. totus - ars, and therefore qs. all art; hence, in gen.], skilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert (class.; syn.; sagax, subtilis, expertus).

Of persons:

quae liberum Scire aequom est adulescentem, solertem dabo,

to make ready, accomplished, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: vigilans ac sollers, sicca, sana, sobria sum, Afran. ap. Non. 21, 33:

in omni vel officio vel sermone sollers,

Cic. Rep. 2, 21, 37:

pictor sollers in arte,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 142:

sollertem tu me facis,

Ov. H. 20, 26:

ancilla,

id. Am. 1, 8, 87:

vir,

id. Ib. 279:

Ulixes,

id. P. 4, 14, 35:

agricola,

Nep. Cat. 3, 1.— Comp.:

sollertior et ingeniosior,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.— Sup.:

Sulla, rudis antea et ignarus belli, sollertissimus omnium factus est,

Sall. J. 96, 1:

hostis,

Suet. Caes. 35.— Poet., with inf.:

coloribus Sollers nunc hominem ponere nunc deum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 8; Ov. Am. 2, 7, 17; Sil. 1, 79; 8, 260.—With gen.:

Musa lyrae sollers,

Hor. A. P. 407:

sollers cunctandi Fabius,

Sil. 7, 126.—With ad and acc.:

cum esset deus ad excogitandum providentissimus, ad faciendum sollertissimus,

Lact. 2, 8, 3.—

Transf., of things, ingenious, sagacious, intelligent, inventive:

opera providae sollertisque naturae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: animus, [p. 1721] Liv. 7, 14; cf.:

sollerti corde Prometheus,

Cat. 64, 295:

sollerti astu,

Ov. M. 4, 776:

sollers subtilisque descriptio partium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

frugum et pecudum custodia sollers,

Verg. G. 4, 327:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis versutum et sollers,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

ingenium,

Ov. F. 3, 840:

hominum natura,

id. Am. 3, 8, 45:

manus,

Tib. 1, 8, 29.— Comp.:

nihil sollertius,

Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

sollertius est multo genus virile,

Lucr. 5, 1356.— Sup.: fundus sollertissimus, qs. most creative, i. e. most productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 8 fin. — Hence, adv.: sollerter ( sōlert-), skilfully, dexterously, shrewdly, sagaciously, ingeniously:

aliquid consequi,

Cic. Leg. 1, 8, 26:

patefacere futura,

Tac. A. 6, 21:

explorans,

Spart. Hadr. 10.— Comp.:

simulata sollertius,

Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 88:

exprimere incessus, vultum, etc.,

Ov. M. 11, 635:

colere hortos,

id. ib. 14, 624: imperare, Treb. Poll. Gall. 13.— Sup.:

aliquid sollertissime perspicere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

tempora persequi,

Vop. Car. 4.

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.