verbfourth conjugation, deponent
experior
experior (present infinitive experīrī or experīrier, perfect active expertus sum)
Classical[ɛkˈspɛ.ri.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[ekˈspɛː.ri.or]
№ 713 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- deponentto attempt, to try; to test, to put to the test, to find out, to prove; therefore, to make trial of a person or thing
Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.
If they chose to attempt a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.44ut verum loquar, aetas iam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad otium domesticarum me rerum delectatione mollivit. nunc si vel periculose experiundum erit, experiar certe ut hinc avolem. ante oportuit fortasse; sed ea quae scripsisti me tardarunt et auctoritas maxime tua.
To speak the truth, in my declining years I am, after my long labours and softened by the comforts of domestic life, inclined to rest. But now, even if the experience is dangerous, I shall at any rate try to fly away. Perhaps I ought to have done so earlier; but the aforesaid considerations, and above all your advice, served to detain me.44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 9.10.3 - deponentto experience, to go through, to observe, to suffer, to endure, to sustain, to witness
- deponentto do, fare
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
tēmptō ut sciam quid possim.experior -īrī expertus — in Mille Verba, Certāmina Gymnica
ipsā experientiāexpertū — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 21
temptandō discōexperior -īrī — in Epistulae, ch. 2
test, experience
experior -īrī — in De Bello Gallico III
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Tentare · Experiri · Periclitari · Periculum · Discrimen
1. Tentare means, to make an experiment, in order to form a judgment of something, from a desire of knowledge, and with activity; periclitari, with courage and contempt of the danger associated with the experiment; experiri, merely to learn something by actual experiment. 2. Periculum denotes danger, as occupying duration, of time; discrimen, as a point of time, as the critical moment and the culminating point of periculum. Liv. vi. 17. In ipso discrimine periculi destituat. (v. 263.)
Conjugation conjugation 4 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | experior | experiēbar | experiar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | experīris experīre | experiēbāris experiēbāre | experiēris experiēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | experītur | experiēbātur | experiētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | experīmur | experiēbāmur | experiēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | experīminī | experiēbāminī | experiēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | experiuntur | experiēbantur | experientur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | experiar | experīrer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | experiāris experiāre | experīrēris experīrēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | experiātur | experīrētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | experiāmur | experīrēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | experiāminī | experīrēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | experiantur | experīrentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | experīre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | experīminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | experītor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | experītor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | experiuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | experīrī experīrier | — |
| perfect infinitive | expertum esse | — |
| future infinitive | expertūrum esse | — |
| present participle | experiēns | — |
| perfect participle | expertus | — |
| future participle | expertūrus expertūra, expertūrā, expertūrae, expertūram, expertūrārum, expertūrās, expertūre, expertūrī, expertūrīs, expertūrō, expertūrōrum, expertūrōs, expertūrum | experiendus experiundus, experienda, experiendā, experiendae, experiendam, experiendārum, experiendās, experiende, experiendīs, experiendōrum, experiendōs |
gerundexperiendī, experiendō, experiendumsupineexpertum, expertū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- multa acerba expertus est
- he has had many painful experiences.
- fortunam tentare, experiri
- to try one's luck.
ex-pĕrĭor, pertus (
I. act. experiero, Varr. L. L. 8, 9, 24 dub.), 4, v. dep. a. [ex- and root per-; Sanscr. par-, pi-parmi, conduct; Gr. περάω, pass through; πόρος, passage; πεῖρα, experience; Lat. porta, portus, peritus, periculum; Germ. fahren, erfahren; Eng. fare, ferry], to try a thing; viz., either by way of testing or of attempting it.
I. To try, prove, put to the test.
A. In tempp. praes. constr. with the acc., a rel. clause, or absol.
(a). With acc.:
habuisse aiunt domi (venenum), vimque ejus esse expertum in servo quodam ad eam rem ipsam parato, Cic. Cael. 24, 58: taciturnitatem nostram, id. Brut. 65, 231: amorem alicujus, id. Att. 16, 16, C, 1: his persuaserant, uti eandem belli fortunam experirentur, Caes. B. G. 2, 16, 3: judicium discipulorum, Quint. 2, 5, 12: in quo totas vires suas eloquentia experiretur, id. 10, 1, 109: imperium, Liv. 2, 59, 4: cervi cornua ad arbores subinde experientes, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117 et saep.— With a personal object: vin' me experiri? make trial of me, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 29: hanc experiamur, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 12 Ruhnk.: tum se denique errasse sentiunt, cum eos (amicos) gravis aliquis casus experiri cogit, Cic. Lael. 22, 84: in periclitandis experiendisque pueris, id. Div. 2, 46, 97.—So with se. reflex., to make trial of one's powers in any thing: se heroo (versu), Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 3 variis se studiorum generibus, id. ib. 9, 29, 1: se in foro, Quint. 12, 11, 16.—(b). With a rel.-clause, ut, etc.: vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204, ed. Vahl.):
lubet experiri, quo evasuru'st denique, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 93: experiri libet, quantum audeatis, Liv. 25, 38, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 1, 1: in me ipso experior, ut exalbescam, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf. with si: expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur, Val. Fl. 5, 562.—(g). Absol.:
experiendo magis quam discendo cognovi, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10: judicare difficile est sane nisi expertum: experiendum autem est in ipsa amicitia: ita praecurrit amicitia judicium tollitque experiendi potestatem, id. Lael. 17, 62.—B. In the tempp. perf., to have tried, tested, experienced, i. e. to find or know by experience:
benignitatem tuam me experto praedicas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18: omnia quae dico de Plancio, dico expertus in nobis, Cic. Planc. 9, 22: experti scire debemus, etc., id. Mil. 26, 69: illud tibi expertus promitto, id. Fam. 13, 9, 3: dicam tibi, Catule, non tam doctus, quam, id quod est majus, expertus, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72: puellae jam virum expertae, Hor. C. 3, 14, 11; 4, 4, 3; cf. Quint. 6, 5, 7: mala captivitatis, Sulp. Sev. 2, 22, 5: id opera expertus sum esse ita, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 3: expertus sum prodesse, Quint. 2, 4, 13: expertus, juvenem praelongos habuisse sermones, id. 10, 3, 32: ut frequenter experti sumus, id. 1, 12, 11.— Rarely in other tenses: et exorabile numen Fortasse experiar, may find, Juv. 13, 103.—C. To make trial of, in a hostile sense, to measure strength with, to contend with:
ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet, Nep. Ham. 4, 3: maritimis moribus mecum experitur, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11: ipsi duces cominus invicem experti, Flor. 3, 21, 7; 4, 10, 1; cf.: hos cum Suevi, multis saepe bellis experti, finibus expellere non potuissent, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4: Turnum in armis, Verg. A. 7, 434.II. To undertake, to attempt, to make trial of, undergo, experience a thing.
A. In gen.:
qui desperatione debilitati experiri id nolent, quod se assequi posse diffidant. Sed par est omnes omnia experiri, qui, etc., Cic. Or. 1, 4; cf.: istuc primum experiar, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 47: omnia experiri certum est, priusquam pereo, Ter. And. 2, 1, 11: omnia prius quam, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 78, 1: extrema omnia, Sall. C. 26, 5; cf. also: sese omnia de pace expertum, Caes. B. C. 3, 57, 2: libertatem, i. e. to make use of, enjoy, Sall. J. 31, 5: late fusum opus est et multiplex, etc. ... dicere experiar, Quint. 2, 13, 17: quod quoniam me saepius rogas, aggrediar, non tam perficiundi spe quam experiundi voluntate, Cic. Or. 1, 2.—With ut and subj.: nunc si vel periculose experiundum erit, experiar certe, ut hinc avolem, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: experiri, ut sine armis propinquum ad officium reduceret, Nep. Dat. 2, 3.—B. In partic., jurid. t. t., to try or test by law, to go to law:
aut intra parietes aut summo jure experietur, Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf.: in jus vocare est juris experiundi causa vocare, Dig. 2, 4, 1; 47, 8, 4: a me diem petivit: ego experiri non potui: latitavit, Cic. Quint. 23, 75; Liv. 40, 29, 11: sua propria bona malaque, cum causae dicendae data facultas sit, tum se experturum, Liv. 3, 56, 10: postulare ut judicium populi Romani experiri (liceat), id. ib.—Hence, 1. expĕrĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), experienced, enterprising, active, industrious (class.):
homo gnavus et industrius, experientissimus ac diligentissimus arator, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53: promptus homo et experiens, id. ib. 2, 4, 17, § 37: vir fortis et experiens, id. Clu. 8, 23: vir acer et experiens, Liv. 6, 34, 4: comes experientis Ulixei, Ov. M. 14, 159: ingenium, id. Am. 1, 9, 32. —With gen.: genus experiens laborum, inured to, patient of, Ov. M. 1, 414: rei militaris experientissimi duces, Arn. 2, 38 init.; cf. Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.—Comp. appears not to occur.—2. expertus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), in pass. signif., tried, proved, known by experience (freq. after the Aug. per.):
vir acer et pro causa plebis expertae virtutis, Liv. 3, 44, 3: per omnia expertus, id. 1, 34, 12: indignitates homines expertos, id. 24, 22, 2: dulcedo libertatis, id. 1, 17, 3: industria, Suet. Vesp. 4: artes, Tac. A. 3, 17: saevitia, Prop. 1, 3, 18: confidens ostento sibi expertissimo, Suet. Tib. 19.—With gen.: expertos belli juvenes, Verg. A. 10, 173; cf. Tac. H. 4, 76.—Comp. and adv. appear not to occur.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
experior pertus, īrī, dep.
1 PAR-, to try, prove, test, experience, endure : hanc nunc experiamur, T: eos (amicos): vim eius (veneni) esse in servo: eandem belli fortunam, Cs.: laborem, V.: procos priores, seek to win back , V.: quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur: quantum audeatis, L.: experiundo scies, T.: experiendo cognovi: In experiundo ut essem, i. e. might have a full trial , T.: exorabile numen Fortasse experiar, may find , Iu. —In perf, to have tried, have learned, have experienced, know by experience : expertus es istius perfidiam: quod genus nullo telo traici posse, Cs.: metum fecerant expertis Gallicā clade, L.: expertus (eum) fidelem in Ganymede, H.: experto credite, quantus adsurgat, V.: expertus bellis animus, Ta. — To measure strength with, contend with : ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet, N.: Turnum in armis, V.— To try, undertake, attempt, make trial, undergo, experience : Bis terque expertus frustra, H.: Omnia priusquam armis, resort to everything before using , T.: omnia de pace: extremum auxilium, the last resort , Cs.: extrema omnia, S.: (terram) colendo facilem, find , V.: iudicium populi R., submit to , L.: experiar certe, ut hinc avolem: ut sine armis reduceret, etc., N.: vi contra vim experiundum putavit.— To try by law, go to law : Caecinae placuit experiri: alquid summo iure, submit to trial .
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinexperior
Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der. Proto-Italic *parjō Latin pariō Latin experior From ex- + pariō. Regarding the shift in conjugation, compare comperiō (“to learn, discover”) and reperiō (“to find out, learn”).