expers

Latin

Etymology

From ex + pars (“part”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spers/, [ˈɛk.spɛrs]

Adjective

expers (genitive expertis); third declension

1. without, lacking in

Usage notes

• Takes the genitive or ablative

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
• “expers” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], 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
    
  • (ambiguous) we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.