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expers
expers
Latin
Adjective
expers m, f, n (genitive expertis); third declension
Usage notes
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | expers | expertēs | expertia | ||
| genitive | expertis | expertium | |||
| dative | expertī | expertibus | |||
| accusative | expertem | expers | expertēs | expertia | |
| ablative | expertī | expertibus | |||
| vocative | expers | expertēs | expertia | ||
References
- expers in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- expers in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “expers”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse)
- to be quite uncivilised: omnis cultus et humanitatis expertem esse
- to be unable to express one's ideas: orationis expertem esse
- to be absolutely wanting in sympathy: omnis humanitatis expertem esse
- to be endowed with reason: rationis participem (opp. expertem) esse
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(ambiguous) we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
- to be well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse)
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.