litteratus

Latin

Alternative forms

• līterātus

Etymology

From littera (“letter”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈraː.tus/, [lʲɪt̪ːɛˈräːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lit.teˈra.tus/, [lit̪ːeˈräːt̪us]

Adjective

litterātus (feminine litterāta, neuter litterātum, comparative litterātior, superlative litterātissimus, adverb litterātē); first/second-declension adjective

1. learned, educated, scholarly, literate
2. cultured, erudite

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	litterātus	litterāta	litterātum		litterātī	litterātae	litterāta
genitive	litterātī	litterātae	litterātī		litterātōrum	litterātārum	litterātōrum
dative	litterātō	litterātae	litterātō		litterātīs
accusative	litterātum	litterātam	litterātum		litterātōs	litterātās	litterāta
ablative	litterātō	litterātā	litterātō		litterātīs
vocative	litterāte	litterāta	litterātum		litterātī	litterātae	litterāta

References

• “litteratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “litteratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• litteratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a man of learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
    
  • (ambiguous) to the letter; literally: ad litteram, litterate
    
• litteratus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016