expertus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect active participle of experior (“test, attempt, experience”), but with passive meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsper.tus/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛrt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈsper.tus/, [ekˈspɛrt̪us]
Participle
expertus (feminine experta, neuter expertum); first/second-declension participle
- tested; having tested
- proved; having proven
- experienced; having experienced
- Synonyms: gnarus, peritus, callidus, instructus, doctus, cōnsultus, magister
- Antonyms: rudis, inexpertus, ignārus, imperītus, hospes
- Experto crede
- Trust in one experienced
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | expertus | experta | expertum | expertī | expertae | experta | |
| Genitive | expertī | expertae | expertī | expertōrum | expertārum | expertōrum | |
| Dative | expertō | expertō | expertīs | ||||
| Accusative | expertum | expertam | expertum | expertōs | expertās | experta | |
| Ablative | expertō | expertā | expertō | expertīs | |||
| Vocative | experte | experta | expertum | expertī | expertae | experta | |
Descendants
References
- “expertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- expertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
- (ambiguous) we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
- he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
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