callidum

callidum is a Latin form of callidus, meaning “clever, shrewd, cunning”. It is the genitive plural neuter adjective or genitive plural masculine adjective or accusative singular masculine adjective or nominative singular neuter adjective.

Found 28 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.18.1: Hac confirmata opinione timoris idoneum quendam hominem et callidum deligit, Gallum, ex iis quos auxilii causa secum habebat.

Cicero, De Officiis 1.108: … arunt, Socratem accepimus, contra Pythagoram et Periclem summam auctoritatem consecutos sine ulla hilaritate. Callidum Hannibalem ex Poenorum, ex nostris ducibus Q. Maximum accepimus, facile celare, tacere, dissimulare, insidiar …

Plautus, Bacchides 4.4.643: cállidum senem cállidis dolis

All forms of callidus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.