imperitus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- +‎ perītus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

imperītus (feminine imperīta, neuter imperītum, comparative imperītior, superlative imperītissimus, adverb imperītē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unskilled
    Synonyms: rudis, iners, inexpertus, ignārus, hospes
    Antonyms: expertus, perītus, gnarus, doctus, callidus, instructus, cōnsultus, magister
  2. unfamiliar, ignorant of, unacquainted with, inexperienced
    Synonyms: hospes, inexpertus
    Antonym: expertus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative imperītus imperīta imperītum imperītī imperītae imperīta
genitive imperītī imperītae imperītī imperītōrum imperītārum imperītōrum
dative imperītō imperītae imperītō imperītīs
accusative imperītum imperītam imperītum imperītōs imperītās imperīta
ablative imperītō imperītā imperītō imperītīs
vocative imperīte imperīta imperītum imperītī imperītae imperīta

Descendants

  • → Italian: imperito
  • → Sicilian: mpiritu
  • → 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have had no experience of the world: (rerum) imperitum esse
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