expers
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈek.spers/, [ˈɛks̠pɛrs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈek.spers/, [ˈɛkspers]
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)
- unaware, ignorant
Usage notes
[edit]Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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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
[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 (2003-2024), 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.