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experior
experior
Latin
Verb
experior (present infinitive experīrī, perfect active expertus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent
- I test, put to the test.
- I try, attempt, prove.
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44
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Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.
- If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.
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Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.
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- I find out.
- I experience.
- I do.
Inflection
| Conjugation of experior (fourth conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | experior | experīris, experīre | experītur | experīmur | experīminī | experiuntur |
| imperfect | experiēbar | experiēbāris, experiēbāre | experiēbātur | experiēbāmur | experiēbāminī | experiēbantur | |
| future | experiar | experiēris, experiēre | experiētur | experiēmur | experiēminī | experientur | |
| perfect | expertus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | expertus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | expertus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | experiar | experiāris, experiāre | experiātur | experiāmur | experiāminī | experiantur |
| imperfect | experīrer | experīrēris, experīrēre | experīrētur | experīrēmur | experīrēminī | experīrentur | |
| perfect | expertus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | expertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | experīre | — | — | experīminī | — |
| future | — | experītor | experītor | — | — | experiuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | experīrī | expertus esse | expertūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | experiēns | expertus | expertūrus | — | — | experiendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| experīrī | experiendī | experiendō | experiendum | expertum | expertū | ||
Derived terms
Terms derived from experior
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Related terms
References
- experior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- experior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “experior”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
- to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
- experior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- JM Latin-English Dictionary