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Etymology

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From ex + pars (part).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

References

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  • 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.