expers
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
expers (genitive expertis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- without, lacking in, deprived (+ genitive or ablative)
- freed from, exempted, immune
- excluded, not participant (+ genitive)
- Antonym: particeps
- unaware, ignorant
Declension[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| 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 | ||
Usage notes[edit]
References[edit]
- “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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2022) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- expers in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- 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
- 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.