expers

Latin

Etymology

From ex + pars (“part”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spers/, [ˈɛks̠pɛrs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spers/, [ˈɛkspers]

Adjective

expers (genitive expertis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. without, lacking in, deprived (+ genitive or ablative)

   Synonyms: vacuus, carēns, viduus

   Antonyms: abundāns, cōpiōsus, cumulātus, largus, ūber, fēcundus

2. freed from, exempted, immune

   Synonyms: līber, solūtus, immūnis

3. excluded, not participant (+ genitive)

   Antonyms: particeps, affīnis

4. unaware, ignorant

   Synonyms: ignārus, nescius, nesciēns, īnscius, ignōrāns

   Antonyms: cōnsciēns, cognōscēns, cōnscius, scius, sciēns

Usage notes

• Takes the genitive or ablative

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	expers			expertēs	expertia
genitive	expertis			expertium
dative	expertī			expertibus
accusative	expertem	expers		expertēs	expertia
ablative	expertī			expertibus
vocative	expers			expertēs	expertia

References

• “expers”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expers”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expers in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• expers 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 well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse)
    
  • to be quite uncivilised: omnis cultus et humanitatis expertem esse
    
  • to be unable to express one's ideas: orationis expertem esse
    
  • to be absolutely wanting in sympathy: omnis humanitatis expertem esse
    
  • to be endowed with reason: rationis participem (opp. expertem) esse
    
  • (ambiguous) we know from experience: experti scimus, didicimus
    
• Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.