What is the Latin word for experienced?

The usual Latin words for “experienced” are pereō, experior, callidus; also exercitō, īnstruō, arō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“experienced” in Latin

pereōto perish, pass away, die, be ruined; to vanish, disappear, come to nothing; to leak; to be absorbed experiorto attempt, to try; to test, to put to the test, to find out, to prove; therefore, to make trial of a person or thing; t calliduswise, clever, ingenious; adroit, skilful, cunning, sly, crafty; discreet exercitōto exercise, practice or train īnstruōto build in or into, insert; erect, construct; to arrange, organise or organize, plan; devise; to prepare (for), provide arōto plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage; to draw furrows over the body, wrinkle

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

experienced

(usu) peritus; usu atque exercitatione praeditus (that has experience and exercise): expertus (tried): callidus (clever, intelligent). Experienced in anything, peritus alicujus rei (rarely with ablative; an infinitive after it is a Greek construction): gnarus alicujus rei (skilled in a thing): exercitatus, versatus in re (exercised, practised in a thing): instructus, eruditus aliqua re (instructed, taught in a thing): very industrious and experienced, experientissimus ac diligentissimus (e.g., arator, Cic.): experienced in military matters, rei militaris or belli gerendi peritus; usu militari praeditus: experienced in jurisprudence, eruditus discipline juris: a very experienced person, vir plurmo rerum usu or magno usu praeditus; vir usu et prudentia praestans; vir multis experimentis eruditus (Plin., Ep., 1, 5, 16): a very experienced and intelligent man, vir usu sapientiaque praestans: to be very experienced, multarum rerum peritum esse: to be very experienced in anything, bene or probe versatum esse in re; magnum usum habere in re (e.g., in military affairs, in political science, etc.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for experienced?: The usual Latin words for “experienced” are pereō, experior, callidus; also exercitō, īnstruō, arō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.