expertus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect active participle of experior (“test, attempt, experience”), but with passive meaning. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈspɛr.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈspɛr.tus] === Adjective === expertus (feminine experta, neuter expertum); first/second-declension adjective experienced; having experienced [with genitive ‘in something’] 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. ==== Derived terms ==== inexpertus === Participle === expertus (feminine experta, neuter expertum); first/second-declension participle tested; having tested proved; having proven ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.