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“learned” in Latin

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

learned
That possesses learning; of persons, doctus, doctrinā instructus (well taught in anything); eruditus, litteris eruditus, eruditione ornatus (of scholastic or litterary attainments). (The words are found in this connection and order.) doctus atque eruditus; litteratus (especially in philology and history); litteris tinctus (well read). Very learned, perdoctus; per eruditus; doctus atque imprimis eruditus; mire or doctissime eruditus; exquisitā doctrinā pereruditus; praeclarā eruditione atque doctrinā ornatus; in quo sunt plurimae litterae: to be very learned, multa doctrina esse: tolerably learned, satis litteratus: not very learned, mediocriter a doctrina instructus: a learned man, vir doctus; homo eruditus, etc.; litterator (originally = homo litteratus; in the Silver Age, sometimes one who possessed slightly the property of the litteratus; Vid: Suet., Gramm., 4; sometimes a person engaged in teaching language, Vid: Gell. 16, 6): a thoroughly learned man, vir perfecta eruditione; vir perfecte planeque eruditus: a generally learned man, homo omni hberali doctrina politus; homo omni doctrina eruditus: to be the first among learned men, doctrinae studiis principem esse: the learned world, docti homines, or simply docti (opposed to agrestes); eruditi homines, or simply eruditi; homines studiosi litterarum: the life of a learned man, vita litterata (☞ docta is not Latin): to be learned in anything, aliquid intelligere, callere, cognitum or perceptum habere; multum in aliqua re versatum esse (to be conversant with): not to be learned in anything, aliquid ignorare or nescire; in aliqua re rudem, or peregrinum, or hospitem esse; alicujus rei ignarum or imperitum esse.
That relates to learning, litteratus; litterarius (post-Augustian): learned materials, materia studiorum: a learned conversation, sermo qui de artium studiis atque doctrina habetur: to propose learned questions, *subtilius quaerere de re: learned leisure, otium litteratum (☞ doctum is not Latin): the learned languages, linguae veterum (☞ linguae doctae, doctorum, or litteratorum, not Latin).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for learned?
The usual Latin words for “learned” are doceō, ērudiō, litterātus; also litterārius, perdoceō, mīrus. 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.