_magno animo esse_—to be magnanimous, broad-minded.
_animum attendere ad aliquid_—to turn one's attention to a thing.
_diligenter attendere (aliquid)_—to attend carefully.
_alias res_ or _aliud agere_—to be inattentive.
_animo adesse_[1]—(1) to be attentive; (2) to keep one's presence of
mind.
_vir magno ingenio, ingeniosus_—a man of ability.
_vir magno ingenio praeditus_—a man of ability.
_ingenio valere_—to be talented, gifted.
_ingenio abundare_—to be very talented.
_natura et ingenium_—natural gifts.
_ingenium acuere_—to sharpen the wits.
_ingenii acumen_—penetration; sagacity.
_ingenii tarditas_ (opp. _celeritas_)—dulness of intellect.
_ingenii infirmitas_ or _imbecillitas_—weakmindedness.
_mentis compotem esse_—to be of sane mind.
_mente captum esse, mente alienata esse_—to be out of one's mind.
_sanae mentis esse_—to be of sound mind.
_mentis quasi luminibus officere_ (_vid._ sect. XIII. 6) or _animo
caliginem offundere_—to obscure the mental vision.
_intellegentia_ or _mente multum valere_[2]—to possess great ability.
_ad intellegentiam communem_ or _popularem accommodare aliquid_—to
accommodate something to the standard of the popular intelligence.
[1] For the second meaning cf. Cicero, _ades animo et omitte timorem,
Scipio_.
[2] _captus_, in the meaning ability, capacity, only occurs in the
phrase _ut captus est servorum_; while _capacitas_ merely means
capacity, content, e.g. _vasorum_.