LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

illitterātus

illitterātus (feminine illitterāta, neuter illitterātum)
Classical[ɪl.lɪt.tɛˈraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[il.lit.teˈraː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunlearned, uneducated, unscholarly; illiterate
  2. adjectiveunwritten

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeillitterātus
inliterātus		illitterāta
inliterāta		illitterātum
inliterātum
genitiveillitterātī
inliterātī		illitterātae
inliterātae		illitterātī
inliterātī
dativeillitterātō
inliterātō		illitterātae
inliterātae		illitterātō
inliterātō
accusativeillitterātum
inliterātum		illitterātam
inliterātam		illitterātum
inliterātum
ablativeillitterātō
inliterātō		illitterātā
inliterātā		illitterātō
inliterātō
vocativeillitterāte
inliterāte		illitterāta
inliterāta		illitterātum
inliterātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeillitterātī
inliterātī		illitterātae
inliterātae		illitterāta
inliterāta
genitiveillitterātōrum
inliterātōrum		illitterātārum
inliterātārum		illitterātōrum
inliterātōrum
dativeillitterātīs
inliterātīs		illitterātīs
inliterātīs		illitterātīs
inliterātīs
accusativeillitterātōs
inliterātōs		illitterātās
inliterātās		illitterāta
inliterāta
ablativeillitterātīs
inliterātīs		illitterātīs
inliterātīs		illitterātīs
inliterātīs
vocativeillitterātī
inliterātī		illitterātae
inliterātae		illitterāta
inliterāta

illittĕrātus or illītĕrātus (inl-), a, um, adj. in-litteratus.
I. Unlettered, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned (class.): quem cognovimus virum bonum et non illitteratum, Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 25: rusticus illitteratusque, Quint. 2, 21, 16: illitteratum dicimus non ex toto rudem, sed ad litteras altiores non perductum, Sen. Ben. 5, 13, 4; cf. also of one who cannot read, Col. 1, 8, 4. —Of things, unlearned, unpolished, inelegant: incidunt in sermone vario multa, quae fortasse illis cum dixi nec illitterata nec insulsa esse videantur, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4: nervi, Hor. Epod. 8, 17: scribo plurimas sed illitteratissimas litteras, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 9; 2, 3, 8.—
II. Unwritten, i. e. not drawn up in writing, = ἄγραφος (post-class. and very rare): tacito illitteratoque Atheniensium consensu, Gell. 11, 18, 4; cf.: illitterata pax est, quae litteris comprehensa non est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 113 Müll.—
III. Inarticulate: sonitus, interjections, Prisc. 1024 P.: vox, id. 537 P.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinillitterātus

Latin litterātus Latin illitterātus From in- + litterātus.

Quick answers

What does illitterātus mean in Latin?
illitterātus, a adjective, means “unlearned, uneducated, unscholarly; illiterate; unwritten”.
How do you pronounce illitterātus?
In classical Latin, [ɪl.lɪt.tɛˈraː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [il.lit.teˈraː.tus].
Where does illitterātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin illitterātus.