litteratus
Latin
Etymology
From littera + -tus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lit.teˈraː.tus/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lit.teˈra.tus/, [lit̪ːeˈräːt̪us]
Adjective
litterātus (feminine litterāta, neuter litterātum, comparative litterātior, superlative litterātissimus, adverb litterātē); first/second-declension adjective
- learned, educated, scholarly, literate
- cultured, erudite
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | litterātus | litterāta | litterātum | litterātī | litterātae | litterāta | |
| Genitive | litterātī | litterātae | litterātī | litterātōrum | litterātārum | litterātōrum | |
| Dative | litterātō | litterātō | litterātīs | ||||
| Accusative | litterātum | litterātam | litterātum | litterātōs | litterātās | litterāta | |
| Ablative | litterātō | litterātā | litterātō | litterātīs | |||
| Vocative | litterāte | litterāta | litterātum | litterātī | litterātae | litterāta | |
References
- “litteratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “litteratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- litteratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a man of learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
- (ambiguous) to the letter; literally: ad litteram, litterate
- a man of learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
- litteratus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016