imperitus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inperītus

Etymology

From in- +‎ perītus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.peˈriː.tus/, [ɪmpɛˈriːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.peˈri.tus/, [impeˈriːt̪us]

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