intellegō, intellegere, intellēxī, intellēctum

Definitions for intellegere

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to understand
English derivatives:
intelligent intellegentsia intelligible intellect intellectual

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To grasp mentally, understand, realize: (a) (w. acc.). (b) (w. acc. and inf.). (c) (w. indir. qu.). (d) (absol. or ellipt.).
2
To understand by inference, deduce. (b) to supply mentally, understand (something that is not expressed).
3
To discern, recognize (form, colour, taste, or other physical characteristics). (b) to distinguish mentally, recognize as existing.
4
To understand the value of, appreciate.
5
To understand the meaning of (words or languages).

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Sentences with intellegere

Latin to English

Parvum argūmentī intellegēbam.Compare I understood little of the argument.

Difficilem artem lībertātis dulcis nōn intellēxērunt, nam parvum sapientiae habuērunt.Compare They did not understand the difficult art of sweet liberty, for they had little wisdom.

Octāviānus intellegit cūr Antōnius sē impediat.Compare Octavian understands why Antony is hindering him.

Avaritia vero senilus quid sibi velit, non intellego.Compare As for avarice in the old, what purpose it can serve I cannot understand.

Intellego permagnus sum negotium, et magnus consilium.Compare I understand that the business is very great, and requires the greatest wisdom.

Conjugation table for intellegere

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
intellegō intellegis intellegit intellegimus intellegitis intellegunt	intellegēbam intellegēbās intellegēbat intellegēbāmus intellegēbātis intellegēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
intellēxī intellēxistī intellēxit intellēximus intellēxistis intellēxērunt / intellēxēre	intellēxeram intellēxerās intellēxerat intellēxerāmus intellēxerātis intellēxerant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
intellegam intellegēs intelleget intellegēmus intellegētis intellegent	intellēxerō intellēxeris intellēxerit intellēxerimus intellēxeritis intellēxerint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
intellegam intellegās intellegat intellegāmus intellegātis intellegant	intellegerem intellegerēs intellegeret intellegerēmus intellegerētis intellegerent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
intellēxerim intellēxeris intellēxerit intellēxerimus intellēxeritis intellēxerint	intellēxissem intellēxissēs intellēxisset intellēxissēmus intellēxissētis intellēxissent
Infinitive present intellegere Infinitive perfect intellēxisse Infinitive future intellēctūrum esse	Imperative present intellege intellegite Imperative future intellegitō intellegitō intellegitōte intelleguntō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
intellegor intellegeris intellegitur intellegimur intellegiminī intelleguntur	intellegēbar intellegēbāris / intellegēbāre intellegēbātur intellegēbāmur intellegēbāminī intellegēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
intellēctus sum intellēctus es intellēctus est intellēctī sumus intellēctī estis intellēctī sunt	intellēctus eram intellēctus erās intellēctus erat intellēctī erāmus intellēctī erātis intellēctī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
intellegar intellegēris / intellegēre intellegētur intellegēmur intellegēminī intellegentur	intellēctus erō intellēctus eris intellēctus erit intellēctī erimus intellēctī eritis intellēctī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
intellegar intellegāris / intellegāre intellegātur intellegāmur intellegāminī intellegantur	intellegerer intellegerēris / intellegerēre intellegerētur intellegerēmur intellegerēminī intellegerentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
intellēctus sim intellēctus sīs intellēctus sit intellēctī sīmus intellēctī sītis intellēctī sint	intellēctus essem intellēctus essēs intellēctus esset intellēctī essēmus intellēctī essētis intellēctī essent
Infinitive present intellegī Infinitive perfect intellēctum esse Infinitive future intellēctum īrī	Imperative present intellegere intellegiminī Imperative future intellegitor intellegitor - intelleguntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	intellegēns	intellegentēs
Gen.	intellegentis	intellegentium
Dat.	intellegentī	intellegentibus
Acc.	intellegentem	intellegentēs
Abl.	intellegente	intellegentibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	intellēctūrus	intellēctūrī
Gen.	intellēctūrī	intellēctūrōrum
Dat.	intellēctūrō	intellēctūrīs
Acc.	intellēctūrum	intellēctūrōs
Abl.	intellēctūrō	intellēctūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	intellēctus	intellēctī
Gen.	intellēctī	intellēctōrum
Dat.	intellēctō	intellēctīs
Acc.	intellēctum	intellēctōs
Abl.	intellēctō	intellēctīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	intellegendus	intellegendī
Gen.	intellegendī	intellegendōrum
Dat.	intellegendō	intellegendīs
Acc.	intellegendum	intellegendōs
Abl.	intellegendō	intellegendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	intellegere	intellēctum
Gen.	intellegendī	intellēctū
Dat.	intellegendō
Acc.	intellegendum
Abl.	intellegendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 71.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 936.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "intellegō, intellegere, intellēxī, intellēctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 31, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/intellego-intellegere-intellexi-intellectum.