disertus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perhaps a back-formation from disertim.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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disertus (feminine diserta, neuter disertum, superlative disertissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. skilled in speaking, eloquent

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative disertus diserta disertum disertī disertae diserta
Genitive disertī disertae disertī disertōrum disertārum disertōrum
Dative disertō disertō disertīs
Accusative disertum disertam disertum disertōs disertās diserta
Ablative disertō disertā disertō disertīs
Vocative diserte diserta disertum disertī disertae diserta

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: disert
  • English: disert
  • French: disert
  • Italian: diserto
  • Portuguese: diserto
  • Spanish: diserto

References

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  • disertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • disertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • disertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be fluent: disertum esse (De Or. 1. 21. 94)
    • to speak in clear, expressive language: perspicue, diserte dicere
  • Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  1. ^ Kanehiro Nishimura (2022): Lat. disertus revisited. In: Latomus 81/3, pp. 591–598.