intelléctus

intelléctus, intelléctus m.

noun, 4th declension

in-tel-lé-ctus · /in.tɛlˈlɛ.ktus/

understanding, insight

From intellégere: inter + légere — literally to pick out among, hence to discern. It is what the verse Scrutabor is named from asks for: not knowledge but the power to understand.

in English intellect, intelligence

in the texts

Psalmus 118, HE intelléctum

external dictionary: Logeion