sollertia

Latin

Alternative forms

• sōlertia

Etymology

sollers +‎ -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /solˈler.ti.a/, [s̠ɔlˈlʲɛrt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /solˈler.t͡si.a/, [solˈlɛrt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

sollertia f (genitive sollertiae); first declension

1. skill, shrewdness, ingenuity
2. dexterity, adroitness
3. resourcefulness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sollertia	sollertiae
genitive	sollertiae	sollertiārum
dative	sollertiae	sollertiīs
accusative	sollertiam	sollertiās
ablative	sollertiā	sollertiīs
vocative	sollertia	sollertiae

References

• “sollertĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sollertia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sollertĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,454/2.
• “sollertia” on pages 1,784–5 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)