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==Semantic evolution==
− It meant discerning with the senses, perception, as Pliny the Elder's perception of flavours, and in Seneca understanding, comprehension, ''intellectuī esse'' to be intelligible.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero the ablative was used with adjectives, as ''facilis intellectū'' “easy to understand”.^(OLD 2012) From Vitruvius it meant the faculty of understanding, the intellect, and in Seneca the meaning, sense of a word.^(OLD 2012)
+ It meant discerning with the senses, perception, as Pliny the Elder's perception of flavours, and in Seneca understanding, comprehension, ''intellectuī esse'' to be intelligible.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero the ablative was used with adjectives, like a supine of ''intellegō''.^(OLD 2012) From Vitruvius it meant the faculty of understanding, the intellect, and in Seneca the meaning, sense of a word.^(OLD 2012)
In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant sense, meaning, insight, understanding, intellect.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for privity, connivance.^(Niermeyer 1976) It was borrowed into Italian as ''intelletto'' and French ''intellect'', and [[en|intellect]] came in the late 14th century, ''intellēctuālis'' gave [[en|intellectual]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)