intellect: [14] Intellect and intelligent come from the same ultimate source: Latin intelligere ‘perceive, choose between’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix inter- ‘between’ and legere ‘gather, choose, read’ (source of English lecture, legible, etc). Its past participle intellectus came to be used as a noun meaning ‘perception, comprehension’, which English acquired as intellect via Old French; while its present participle intelligēns gave English intelligent [16].
The derivative intelligentsia [20] was borrowed from Russian intelligyentsia, which in turn came via Polish inteligiencja from Latin intelligentia ‘intelligence’. => intelligent, lecture, legible
intellect (n.)
late 14c. (but little used before 16c.), from Old French intellecte "intellectual capacity" (13c.), and directly from Latin intellectus "discernment, a perception, understanding," from noun use of past participle of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence).
例文
1. The intellect is not the most important thing in life.
知性は生活の中で最も重要なものではありません。
＜dl>＜dt＞2.She had the combined talents of toughness， intellect ，experience and unsullied reputation.
彼女は気丈で果敢で、才知が抜群で、経験が豊富で、名声に汚点は何もない。
3.Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect ？
感情と知能は並行して発展しているのだろうか。
4.I had finally met my match in power and intellect .
私はついに私と力と知力に劣らない強敵に出会った。
5.His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.