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

Declension

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative expers expers expertēs expertia
Genitive expertis expertis expertium expertium
Dative expertī expertī expertibus expertibus
Accusative expertem expers expertēs expertia
Ablative expertī expertī expertibus expertibus
Vocative expers 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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
    • (ambiguous) we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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