calliditas

Latin

Etymology

callidus (“cunning, sly, crafty; wise, clever, ingenious”) +‎ -tās

Noun

calliditās f (genitive calliditātis); third declension

  1. shrewdness, skill, skilfulness, readiness, aptness
  2. cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative calliditās calliditātēs
genitive calliditātis calliditātum
dative calliditātī calliditātibus
accusative calliditātem calliditātēs
ablative calliditāte calliditātibus
vocative calliditās calliditātēs

References

  • calliditas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calliditas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calliditas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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