callidus

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkal.lɪ.dʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkal.li.d̪us]

Adjective

callidus (feminine callida, neuter callidum, comparative callidior, superlative callidissimus, adverb callidē); first/second-declension adjective

wise, clever, ingenious
Synonyms: sapiēns, prūdēns, sollers

Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns
adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty
Synonyms: vafer, doctus, instructus, gnārus, perītus

Antonyms: ineptus, rudis, inexpertus, imperītus, iners, incapāx, hospes, ignārus
(Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) discreet
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.14.8:
  Sapientia callidī est intellegere viam suam: et inprūdentiā stultōrum errāns.
  The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	callidus	callida	callidum	callidī	callidae	callida
genitive	callidī	callidae	callidī	callidōrum	callidārum	callidōrum
dative	callidō	callidae	callidō	callidīs
accusative	callidum	callidam	callidum	callidōs	callidās	callida
ablative	callidō	callidā	callidō	callidīs
vocative	callide	callida	callidum	callidī	callidae	callida

Derived terms

Descendants

Italian: callido
Portuguese: cálido
→? Welsh: call

References

“callidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“callidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
callidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.