disertus

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a back-formation from disertim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈser.tus/, [d̪ɪˈs̠ɛrt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈser.tus/, [d̪iˈs̬ɛrt̪us]

Adjective

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

1. skilled in speaking, eloquent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	disertus	diserta	disertum		disertī	disertae	diserta
genitive	disertī	disertae	disertī		disertōrum	disertārum	disertōrum
dative	disertō	disertae	disertō		disertīs
accusative	disertum	disertam	disertum		disertōs	disertās	diserta
ablative	disertō	disertā	disertō		disertīs
vocative	diserte	diserta	disertum		disertī	disertae	diserta

Derived terms

• indisertus

Descendants

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

References

• “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.