expertus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsper.tus/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛrt̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsper.tus/, [ekˈspɛrt̪us]

Participle

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

1. tested; having tested
2. proved; having proven
3. experienced; having experienced

   Synonyms: gnarus, peritus, callidus, instructus, doctus, cōnsultus, magister

   Antonyms: rudis, inexpertus, ignārus, imperītus, hospes

   • Experto crede

     Trust in one experienced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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		expertō		expertīs
Accusative	expertum	expertam	expertum		expertōs	expertās	experta
Ablative	expertō	expertā	expertō		expertīs
Vocative	experte	experta	expertum		expertī	expertae	experta

Descendants

• French: expert
• → Galician: experto
• Italian: esperto
• Ladin: espert
• Piedmontese: espert
• Portuguese: experto
• Russian: эксперт (ekspert)
• Sicilian: spertu
• Spanish: experto

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
    
  • (ambiguous) we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus