expertus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of experior (“test, attempt, experience”), but with passive meaning.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈsper.tus/, [ɛkˈspɛr.tʊs]
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Participle

expertus m (feminine experta, neuter expertum); first/second declension

  1. tested; having tested
  2. proved; having proven
  3. experienced; having experienced
    • Experto crede
      Trust in one experienced

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative expertus experta expertum expertī expertae experta
Genitive expertī expertae expertī expertōrum expertārum expertōrum
Dative expertō expertae expertō expertīs expertīs expertīs
Accusative expertum expertam expertum expertōs expertās experta
Ablative expertō expertā expertō expertīs expertīs expertīs
Vocative experte experta expertum expertī expertae experta

Descendants

References
  • expertus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expertus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • expertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
    • (ambiguous) we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
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