callidiores
Dictionary entries
- Entry →callidus, callida -um, callidior -or -us, callidissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
crafty, sly, cunning; wise, expert, skillful, clever, experienced, ingenious;
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...ipsast opus ea aut, siquid potest, meliore et callidiore. {Ph.} fiet sedulo. {Ge.} nunc prior adito..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...ratus, qua nemo illa tempestate militaris rei callidior habebatur, de toto genere belli censere, festinationem hostibus, moram ipsis..."