imperitus
Latin
Alternative forms
- inperītus
Etymology
From in- + perītus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.peˈriː.tus/, [ɪmpɛˈriːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.peˈri.tus/, [impeˈriːt̪us]
Adjective
imperītus (feminine imperīta, neuter imperītum, comparative imperītior, superlative imperītissimus, adverb imperītē); first/second-declension adjective
- unskilled
- Synonyms: rudis, iners, inexpertus, ignārus, hospes
- Antonyms: expertus, perītus, gnarus, doctus, callidus, instructus, cōnsultus, magister
- unfamiliar, ignorant of, unacquainted with, inexperienced
- Synonyms: hospes, inexpertus
- Antonym: expertus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | imperītus | imperīta | imperītum | imperītī | imperītae | imperīta | |
| Genitive | imperītī | imperītae | imperītī | imperītōrum | imperītārum | imperītōrum | |
| Dative | imperītō | imperītō | imperītīs | ||||
| Accusative | imperītum | imperītam | imperītum | imperītōs | imperītās | imperīta | |
| Ablative | imperītō | imperītā | imperītō | imperītīs | |||
| Vocative | imperīte | imperīta | imperītum | imperītī | imperītae | imperīta | |
Descendants
- → Italian: imperito
- → Spanish: imperito
References
- “imperitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imperitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imperitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have had no experience of the world: (rerum) imperitum esse
- to have had no experience of the world: (rerum) imperitum esse