English → Latin
“versed” in Latin
exercitōto exercise, practice or trainperītusskillful, skilled, expert, experienced, practised (+ genitive or in + ablative or ad + accusative); clever, skilfully co
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
versed
exercitatus or volutatus in re (experienced in): perltus: gnarus alicujus rei (acquainted with). Well versed in a science, perfectus in aliqua scientia: to be versed in anything, non hospitem esse in re; alicujus rei esse peritum: to be versed in history, ad historiam instructum esse: to be versed in Greek and Latin, et Graecis et Latinis doctum esse: to be well versed in ancient litterature, in veteribus scriptis studiose et multum volutatum esse: well or thoroughly versed, peritissimus; experientissimus; plurimo rerum usu or magno usu praeditus; usu et prudentia praestans; multis experimentis eruditus (Plin., Ep., 1, 5, 16).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for versed?
- The usual Latin words for “versed” are exercitō, perītus. 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.