callidus

Latin

Etymology

From calleō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.dus/, [ˈkälːʲɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.dus/, [ˈkälːid̪us]

Adjective

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

1. wise, clever, ingenious

   Synonyms: sapiēns, prūdēns, sollers

   Antonyms: īnsipiēns, stupidus, fatuus, stultus, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns

2. adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty

   Synonyms: vafer, doctus, instructus, gnārus, perītus

   Antonyms: ineptus, rudis, inexpertus, imperītus, iners, incapāx, hospes, ignārus

3. (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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	callidus	callida	callidum		callidī	callidae	callida
Genitive	callidī	callidae	callidī		callidōrum	callidārum	callidōrum
Dative	callidō		callidō		callidīs
Accusative	callidum	callidam	callidum		callidōs	callidās	callida
Ablative	callidō	callidā	callidō		callidīs
Vocative	callide	callida	callidum		callidī	callidae	callida

Derived terms

• callidē
• calliditas
• callidulus

Descendants

• Italian: callido
• Portuguese: cálido
• →? Welsh: call

See also

• calidus

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.