calliditas

callĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [callidus], the being callidus, in a good or bad sense.

• I In a good sense, shrewdness, skill, skilfulness, readiness, aptness (so several times after the Aug. period): calliditas ingenii, Nep. Eum. 1, 3; Ov. F. 3, 380; Plin. 37, 12, 74, § 195; Tac. Agr. 9; Flor. 2, 17, 15; Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—Far more freq. and class.,
• II In a bad sense, cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness: scientia, quae est remota ab justitiā, calliditas potius quam sapientia est appellanda, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63; 3, 32, 113; id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; id. Har. Resp. 9, 19; id. Or. 39, 137; Quint. 2, 5, 7; 4, 2, 126; Ov. H. 16, 300; 20, 126; Mart. 11, 50, 2 al.—Of stratagem in war, Liv. 42, 47, 7: calliditas ad robur accesserat, Flor. 3, 4, 3.—Trop., of oratorical artifice: genus ejusmodi calliditatis atque calumniae, Cic. Part. Or. 39, 137.—In plur.: servi venere in mentem Syri Calliditates, Ter. Heaut. 887; Lact. 2, 12, 17.

calliditās, ātis, f. (callidus), die Eigenschaft des callidus, das Gewitztsein, die praktische Lebensklugheit, im guten Sinne der feine, richtige Blick, die geistige Gewandtheit, im üblen Sinne die Verschmitztheit, Verschlagenheit, schlaue List, Schlauheit, vincere omnes calliditate et celeritate ingenii, Nep.: ad novitatem accedere calliditate ingeniorum contigit, Plin.: scientia, quae est remota ab iustitia, calliditas potius quam sapientia appellanda, Cic.: stulta c. perverse imitata prudentiam, Cic.: haec Romana esse, non versutiarum Punicarum neque calliditatis Graecae, Liv.: nihil dolo (Arglist) factum ac magis calliditate (Schlauheit) Iugurthae, Sall.: his inest latens et operta et inveterata (abgefeimte) calliditas, Sen.: illi, quos ignavia aut prava calliditas armis abstinuit, Sall. fr. – v. der Kriegslist, calliditas ad robur accesserat, Flor. 3, 4, 3: u. übtr., v. orator. Kunstgriff, genus eiusmodi calliditatis atque calumniae, Cic. part. or. 137. – Plur., Syri calliditates, Schelmereien, Praktiken, Ter. heaut. 887: omnes fallacias et calliditates suas ad decipiendum hominem intendit, Lact. 2, 12, 7.

calliditas [CL] , craftiness, subtlety. 761 (13c) nefario ~atis ausu CS 189; 995 (12c) ut meam ‥ ignorantiam ~atis suae laqueo circumveniens inretiret CD 692; suspensi ~ate responsi frustratus est rex prudentissimus hominem W. Malm. GR V 397; ~as indifferenter applicatur utrisque, sapientia vero seu prudentia tantum virtuosis Gir. PI I 11; 1234 per ‥ cartas ‥ tum per caliditatem tum per †extrosionem [l. extorsionem] impetratas (Lit. Papae) Reg. Paisley 164.

callĭdĭtās, (12) ātis, f. (callidus), habileté, savoir-faire, finesse [en bonne et mauvaise part] : Cic. Part. 76 ; Nat. 3, 75 ; Off. 1, 63 ; 3, 113 ; Part. 137 ; Har. 19.

calliditas , atis. f. et, v. callidus
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calliditās ātis, f

• callidus, shrewdness, skill, readiness, aptness(rare): ingeni, N.: fori, Ta.— Cunning, craft, slyness, artfulness: calliditas potius quam sapientia: calliditate Poenos superare: Graeca, L.: servi Calliditates, rogueries, T.