disertus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a back-formation from disertim.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /diˈser.tus/, [d̪ɪˈs̠ɛrt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈser.tus/, [d̪iˈs̬ɛrt̪us]
Adjective
[edit]disertus (feminine diserta, neuter disertum, superlative disertissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: disert
- → English: disert
- French: disert
- Italian: diserto
- Portuguese: diserto
- Spanish: diserto
References
[edit]- “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
- to be fluent: disertum esse (De Or. 1. 21. 94)
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
- ^ Kanehiro Nishimura (2022): Lat. disertus revisited. In: Latomus 81/3, pp. 591–598.