Meaning of ingenium | Babel Free

Definitions

1. innate or natural quality, natural character; nature
   declension-2, neuter
2. disposition, temper, inclination
   declension-2, neuter
3. intelligence, natural capacity
   declension-2, neuter
4. talent, ability, art
   declension-2, neuter
5. a person of genius, a genius, a highly skilled or accomplished person
   declension-2, neuter
6. machine, engine
   Medieval-Latin, declension-2, neuter

Equivalents

Examples

“Nam quī cum ingeniīs cōnflīctātur eiūs modī / neque commovētur animus in eā rē tamen, / sciās posse habēre iam ipsum vītae modum.”

For whoever contends with characters of that sort, and yet his mind is untempted by the opportunity, you may know that he can now possess the measure of his own life.

“dēficit ingenium, maiōraque vīribus urgent”

My ability is lacking, and what urges me on is greater than my strength.

“Īdem accidat necesse est iīs quī nūllius sē ingeniō familiāriter applicant, sed omnia cursim et properantēs trānsmittunt.”

[Random wanderings dissipate one’s life, and:] The same must necessarily happen to those who do not intimately devote themselves to any one great [author], but hurry quickly through every [book] they skim over.

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