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Latin
Etymology
Perhaps a back-formation from disertim.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
disertus (feminine diserta, neuter disertum, superlative disertissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- skilled in speaking, eloquent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “disertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “disertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- disertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be fluent: disertum esse (De Or. 1. 21. 94)
- to speak in clear, expressive language: perspicue, diserte dicere
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
- ^ Kanehiro Nishimura (2022): Lat. disertus revisited. In: Latomus 81/3, pp. 591–598.