astuto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →astutus, astuta -um, astutior -or -us, astutissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
clever, astute, sly, cunning; expert;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hodie capiatur, volo; ad eam rem usust homine astuto, docto, cauto et callido, qui imperata ecfecta reddat..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nomen paradiastolen, qua similia discernuntur: "cum te pro astuto sapientem appelles, pro confidente fortem, pro inliberali diligentem". Quod..."
