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“illitterate” in Latin
indoctusuntaught; unlearned, ignorant, untrainedinērudītusuninformed, uneducated; illiterate; ignorantillitterātusunlearned, uneducated, unscholarly; illiterate; unwritten
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
illitterate
indoctus: ineruditus: illitteratus (illitteratus is one who has received no litterary instruction, especially one who cannot either read or write; Krebs). To be illitterate, nescire litteras: litterarum expertem (Cic.) or ignarum esse (Col.): to be quite illitterate, omnis eruditionis expertem atque ignarum esse (Cic.); plane expertem esse doctrinae (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for illitterate?
- The usual Latin words for “illitterate” are indoctus, inērudītus, illitterātus. 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.