peritus

Meaning

  1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) skillful, skilled, expert, experienced, practised (+ genitive or in + ablative or ad + accusative)
  2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) clever, skilfully constructed

Opposite of
imperītus, rudis, inexpertus, iners, ignārus, hospes
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[pɛˈriː.tʊs]
Etymology

Perfect active participle of the unattested verb *perior, a root found in experior (“try, test, experience”). Cognate with Ancient Greek περᾰ́ω (perắō, “to pass through”). Compare perīculum.

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