What is the translation of " INTELLECTUS " in English?

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Examples of using Intellectus in Latin and their translations into English

Sed hic non est intellectus.
This is not an intellectual.

Videtur quod intellectus non sit potentia passiva.
It would seem that the intellect is not a passive power.

Et haec virtus dicitur intellectus.
This has been called intellectual virtue.

Dei intellectus non potest esse causa nostri intellectus.
The teachings of men cannot satisfy our intellects.

Sed angeli dicuntur mentes et intellectus.
But angels are called minds and intellects.

Videtur quod intellectus non cognoscat proprium actum.
It would seem that our intellect does not know its own act.

Videtur quod voluntas sit altior potentia quam intellectus.
It would seem that the will is a higher power than the intellect.

Non est igitur eius intellectus discursivus.
They are not looking for intellectual discourse.

Et quando intellectus ascendit ad obiecta generalia, ipse est generalis.
And when the intellect ascends to general objects, it is general.

Per fidem autem apprehendit intellectus ea quae sperat et amat.
But it is by faith that the intellect apprehends that which it hopes for and loves.

Intellectus autem substantiarum separatarum propinquiores sunt divinae cognitioni quam noster intellectus.
Now, the intellects of separate substances are nearer to the knowledge of God than our intellects are.

Et ego quidem est compositus intellectus ex potentia et actu, mihi autem esse ex eo quod actu est.
And I ego am the intellect composed of potency and act, but my to be is from that which is in act.

Secundum hoc igitur vera et necessaria sunt aeterna, quia sunt in intellectu aeterno, qui est intellectus divinus solus.
The true and necessary are eternal, but only because they exist in the eternal mind-the divine intellect of God.

Videtur quod intellectus non sit subiectum virtutis.
It would seem that the intellect is not the subject of virtue.

Videtur quod inconvenienter distinguantur tres virtutes intellectuales speculativae, scilicet sapientia, scientia et intellectus.
It would seem unfitting to distinguish three virtues of the speculative intellect, viz. wisdom, science and understanding.

Sed operatio intellectus est prior quam operatio voluntatis.
It's an intelligence operation more than a military operation.

Ordinantur igitur artes practicae ad speculativas, et similiter omnis humana operatio ad speculationem intellectus, sicut ad finem.
So, the practical arts are ordered to the speculative ones, and likewise every human operation to intellectual speculation, as an end.

Dicit enim quod, si intellectus esset materialis, non reciperet omnes formas materiales.
He argues as follows: if the intellect were material then it could not receive all of the forms.

Philosophus autem ponit intellectuales virtutes, quae sunt sapientia, scientia et intellectus, in eo quod est rationale per essentiam.
Now the Philosopher puts the intellectual virtues, which are wisdom, science and understanding, in that which is rational by its essence.

In ordine ergo cognoscendi, intellectus est prior, sed in ordine movendi voluntas est prior.
Therefore, in the order of knowing, the intellect is prior; but in the order of moving, the will is prior.

Cum igitur receptio formarum in intellectu non sit receptio formarum in materia, impossibile est quod intellectus sit forma materialis.
Since, then, the reception of forms into the intellect is not a reception of forms into matter, it is impossible that the intellect be a material form.

Et ego quidem est compositus intellectus ex potentia et actu, mihi autem esse ex eo quod actu est.
And I am an intellect composed of potency and act, but what it is for me to be comes from that which is in act.

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Sending 1 million letters in a week is a real problem, whose solution is, it XMailer dedicated server(more server ip swing) knowledge and understanding of the process.

Videtur quod intellectus noster non intelligat res corporeas et materiales per abstractionem a phantasmatibus.
It would seem that our intellect does not understand corporeal and material things by abstraction from the phantasms.

Hoc autem non potest esse aliquid quod sit de substantia intellectus, cum intellectus non sit compositus ex materia et forma.
This cannot be anything pertaining to the substance of the intellect, since the intellect is not composed of matter and form.

Quomodo autem sciret intellectus, hoc esse ens defectivum et incompletum, si nullam haberet cognitionem entis absque omni defectu?
For how would the intellect know that a being is defective and incomplete if it had no knowledge of being free from all defect?

A Notario Subscripta Agens est Notarii Publici, qui acquisivit a familiaritate et intellectus hypotheca mutui documenta vel per experientiam, vel disciplina.
A Notary Signing Agent is a Notary Public who has acquired a familiarity and understanding of mortgage loan documents either via experience or training.

Et propter hoc Aristoteles posuit quod intellectus, quo anima intelligit, non habet aliquas species naturaliter inditas, sed est in principio in potentia ad huiusmodi species omnes.
For this reason Aristotle(ibid.) held that the intellect by which the soul understands has no innate species, but is at first in potentiality to all such species.

Nam scientia est per decursum a principiis ad conclusiones; intellectus autem est absoluta et simplex acceptio principii per se noti.
For science is effected by going from principles to conclusions, whereas“understanding” is the absolute and simple acceptance of a self-evident principle.

Apud Spinozam,"Per attributum intelligo id, quod intellectus de substantia percipit, tanquam eiusdem essentiam constituens.
Spinoza defines"attribute" as follows: By attribute I understand what the intellect perceives of a substance, as constituting its essence.