adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
expers
expers (genitive expertis)
Classical[ˈɛk.spɛrs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛk.spers]
Meaning
- one terminationwithout, lacking in, deprived (+ genitive or ablative)
- one terminationfreed from, exempted, immune
- one terminationexcluded, not participant (+ genitive)
- one terminationunaware, ignorant
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī partem reī nōn habetexpers expertis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 18
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | expers | expers | expers |
| genitive | expertis | expertis | expertis |
| dative | expertī | expertī | expertī |
| accusative | expertem | expertem | expers |
| ablative | expertī experte | expertī experte | expertī experte |
| vocative | expers | expers | expers |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | expertēs | expertēs | expertia |
| genitive | expertium | expertium | expertium |
| dative | expertibus | expertibus | expertibus |
| accusative | expertīs expertēs | expertīs expertēs | expertia |
| ablative | expertibus | expertibus | expertibus |
| vocative | expertēs | expertēs | expertia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- orationis expertem esse
- to be unable to express one's ideas.
- experti scimus, didicimus
- we know from experience.
- omnis humanitatis expertem esse
- to be absolutely wanting in sympathy.
- omnis cultus et humanitatis expertem esse
- to be quite uncivilised.
ex-pers, tis, adj. pars,
I. having no part in, not sharing in, not privy to.
I. Prop. (rare but class.).—Constr. with gen.:
ne expers partis esset de nostris bonis, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 39: communis juris et consilii (opp. particeps libertatis), Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43: sunt expertes imperii, consilii publici, judicii delectorum judicum, id. ib. 1, 31, 47 Mos.: tanti tam inusitati consilii, id. Att. 8, 8, 1; cf.: animum advorte nunc jam, Quapropter te expertem amoris nati habuerim, i. e. left ignorant of his amour, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 83.— II. Transf., in gen., destitute or devoid of, free from, without (freq. and class.).— Constr. in class. lang. with gen.; ante-class. and in Sall. also with abl.
(a). With gen.: omnium vitiūm expers, Titin. ap. Non. 495, 13:
laboris, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16: omnis eruditionis expers atque ignarus, Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 1: veritatis, id. ib. 2, 19, 81: negotii publici, id. Rep. 1, 2: humanitatis, id. Div. 2, 38, 81: nuptiarum, Hor. C. 3, 11, 11: viri, Ov. M. 1, 479: ferae rationis et orationis expertes, Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50: Chium (vinum) maris expers, without sea-water, Hor. S. 2, 8, 15: sui, Cic. Lael. 23, 87; cf.: ut nulla ejus vitae pars summae turpitudinis esset expers, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191: vis consili expers, Hor. C. 3, 4, 65 et saep.: expers matris imperii, free from, i. e. neglectful of, disobedient to, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 2.—(b). With abl.:
ea res me domo expertem facit, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 40: eo more, id. Am. 2, 2, 81: metu, id. As. 1, 1, 31: malitiis, Turp. ap. Non. 501, 7: omnes famā atque fortunis expertes sumus, Sall. C. 33, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
expers tis, adj.
ex + pars, having no part in, not sharing in, not privy to : partis de nostris bonis, T.: communis iuris: Britanni pugnae, Ta.— Destitute of, devoid of, free from, without : eruditionis: nuptiarum, H.: doloris, O.: (vinum) maris, without sea-water , H.: domus cladis, Cu.: virtutis, V.: vitae pars turpitudinis expers: vis consili, H.: famā atque fortunis, S.
Origins
From ex + pars (“part”).