"peritus" meaning in Latin

See peritus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [pɛˈriː.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [peˈriː.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der. Latin *perior Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Latin -ītus ? Latin peritus Uncertain. Perhaps the perfect active participle of an unattested fourth conjugation verb *perior, a root found in experior (“try, test, experience”). De Vaan connects the word to pariō (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-. Compare perīculum. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af<unc>|<alt:*perior><ety:der<ine-pro:*perh₃->>|-ītus<id:adjectival>|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der. Latin *perior Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Latin -ītus ? Latin peritus [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*perh₃-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ītus", "lang" : "la" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "peritus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="peritus">, {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|*perh₃-}} Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Head templates: {{la-adj|perītus|adv=perītē|comp=perītior|sup=perītissimus}} perītus (feminine perīta, neuter perītum, comparative perītior, superlative perītissimus, adverb perītē); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|perītus}} Forms: perītus [canonical], perīta [feminine], perītum [neuter], perītior [comparative], perītissimus [superlative], perītē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], perītus [masculine, nominative, singular], perīta [feminine, nominative, singular], perītum [neuter, nominative, singular], perītī [masculine, nominative, plural], perītae [feminine, nominative, plural], perīta [neuter, nominative, plural], perītī [genitive, masculine, singular], perītae [feminine, genitive, singular], perītī [genitive, neuter, singular], perītōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], perītārum [feminine, genitive, plural], perītōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], perītō [dative, masculine, singular], perītae [dative, feminine, singular], perītō [dative, neuter, singular], perītīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], perītum [accusative, masculine, singular], perītam [accusative, feminine, singular], perītum [accusative, neuter, singular], perītōs [accusative, masculine, plural], perītās [accusative, feminine, plural], perīta [accusative, neuter, plural], perītō [ablative, masculine, singular], perītā [ablative, feminine, singular], perītō [ablative, neuter, singular], perītīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], perīte [masculine, singular, vocative], perīta [feminine, singular, vocative], perītum [neuter, singular, vocative], perītī [masculine, plural, vocative], perītae [feminine, plural, vocative], perīta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. skillful, skilled, expert, experienced, practised (+ genitive or in + ablative or ad + accusative) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: expertus, gnarus, doctus, callidus, instructus, cōnsultus, sollers
    Sense id: en-peritus-la-adj-QnIRaKBI
  2. clever, skilfully constructed Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-peritus-la-adj-vYwu6yx6 Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -itus (adjectival) Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 47 7 45 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 44 4 51 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 22 78 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 6 94 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -itus (adjectival): 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperītus, perītē, perītia
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    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with etymology trees",
    "Latin entries with etymon",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perh₃-",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -itus (adjectival)",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "imperītus"
    },
    {
      "word": "perītē"
    },
    {
      "word": "perītia"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "péritu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "perit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "pèrit"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "perite"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "perito"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "perito"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "perito"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "perì"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "perito"
    },
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      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "piritu"
    }
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.\nLatin *perior\nProto-Indo-European *-tósder.\nLatin -ītus\n?\nLatin peritus\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*perh₃-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"id\" : \"adjectival\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"verbal adjectives\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tós\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ītus\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"peritus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"peritus\">",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.\nLatin *perior\nProto-Indo-European *-tósder.\nLatin -ītus\n?\nLatin peritus\nUncertain. Perhaps the perfect active participle of an unattested fourth conjugation verb *perior, a root found in experior (“try, test, experience”). De Vaan connects the word to pariō (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-. Compare perīculum.",
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      "form": "perītus",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perīta",
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          "perita"
        ]
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    },
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        ]
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      ]
    },
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          "perite"
        ]
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    },
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītus",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītus",
          "peritus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perīta",
      "links": [
        [
          "perīta",
          "perita#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "perītum",
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        [
          "perītum",
          "peritum#Latin"
        ]
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        "neuter",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "perītī",
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        [
          "perītī",
          "periti#Latin"
        ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "perītae",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītae",
          "peritae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perīta",
      "links": [
        [
          "perīta",
          "perita#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītī",
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        [
          "perītī",
          "periti#Latin"
        ]
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "perītae",
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          "perītae",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "perītī",
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        [
          "perītī",
          "periti#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītōrum",
          "peritorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītārum",
          "peritarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītōrum",
      "links": [
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          "perītōrum",
          "peritorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītō",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītō",
          "perito#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītae",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītae",
          "peritae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītō",
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        [
          "perītō",
          "perito#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītīs",
          "peritis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītum",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītum",
          "peritum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītam",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītam",
          "peritam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītum",
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        [
          "perītum",
          "peritum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītōs",
          "peritos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītās",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītās",
          "peritas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perīta",
      "links": [
        [
          "perīta",
          "perita#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītō",
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        [
          "perītō",
          "perito#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītā",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītā",
          "perita#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "perītō",
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        [
          "perītō",
          "perito#Latin"
        ]
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "perītīs",
          "peritis#Latin"
        ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perīte",
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        [
          "perīte",
          "perite#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perīta",
      "links": [
        [
          "perīta",
          "perita#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "perītum",
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        [
          "perītum",
          "peritum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "perītī",
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      "form": "perītae",
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      "form": "perīta",
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        [
          "perīta",
          "perita#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "perītus",
        "adv": "perītē",
        "comp": "perītior",
        "sup": "perītissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "perītus (feminine perīta, neuter perītum, comparative perītior, superlative perītissimus, adverb perītē); first/second-declension adjective",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
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        {
          "word": "imperītus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rudis"
        },
        {
          "word": "inexpertus"
        },
        {
          "word": "iners"
        },
        {
          "word": "ignārus"
        },
        {
          "word": "hospes"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "skillful, skilled, expert, experienced, practised (+ genitive or in + ablative or ad + accusative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skillful",
          "skillful"
        ],
        [
          "skilled",
          "skilled"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "experienced",
          "experienced"
        ],
        [
          "practised",
          "practised"
        ],
        [
          "in",
          "in#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "ad",
          "ad#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "expertus"
        },
        {
          "word": "gnarus"
        },
        {
          "word": "doctus"
        },
        {
          "word": "callidus"
        },
        {
          "word": "instructus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cōnsultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sollers"
        }
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clever, skilfully constructed"
      ],
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        [
          "clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "skilfully",
          "skilfully"
        ],
        [
          "constructed",
          "constructed"
        ]
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[pɛˈriː.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[peˈriː.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peritus"
}

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