eruditus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ērudiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eː.ruˈdiː.tus/, [eːrʊˈd̪iːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.ruˈdi.tus/, [eruˈd̪iːt̪us]

Participle

ērudītus (feminine ērudīta, neuter ērudītum, comparative ērudītior, superlative ērudītissimus, adverb ērudītē); first/second-declension participle

1. instructed, educated, cultivated, enlightened, learned
2. to be of, with, or having understanding
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.17.27:

     Quī moderātur sermōnēs suōs doctus et prūdēns est: et pretiōsī spīritūs vir ērudītus.

     He that setteth bounds to his words is knowing and wise: and the man of understanding is of a precious spirit.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ērudītus	ērudīta	ērudītum		ērudītī	ērudītae	ērudīta
Genitive	ērudītī	ērudītae	ērudītī		ērudītōrum	ērudītārum	ērudītōrum
Dative	ērudītō		ērudītō		ērudītīs
Accusative	ērudītum	ērudītam	ērudītum		ērudītōs	ērudītās	ērudīta
Ablative	ērudītō	ērudītā	ērudītō		ērudītīs
Vocative	ērudīte	ērudīta	ērudītum		ērudītī	ērudītae	ērudīta

Descendants

• Catalan: erudit
• → English: erudite
• French: érudit
• Friulian: erudît
• Galician: erudito
• Italian: erudito
• Occitan: erudit
• Piedmontese: erudì
• Portuguese: erudito
• Romanian: erudit
• Spanish: erudito

References

• “eruditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eruditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eruditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a man of profound erudition: vir perfecte planeque eruditus
    
  • a man perfect in all branches of learning: vir omni doctrina eruditus
    
  • to have received a liberal education: optimis studiis or artibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse