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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of ērudiō.
Pronunciation
Participle
ērudītus (feminine ērudīta, neuter ērudītum, comparative ērudītior, superlative ērudītissimus, adverb ērudītē); first/second-declension participle
- instructed, educated, cultivated, enlightened, learned
- to be of, with, or having understanding
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Proverbs.17.27:
- Quī moderātur sermōnēs suōs doctus et prūdēns est: et pretiōsī spīritūs vir ērudītus.
- He that setteth bounds to his words is knowing and wise: and the man of understanding is of a precious spirit.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “eruditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eruditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eruditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a man of profound erudition: vir perfecte planeque eruditus
- a man perfect in all branches of learning: vir omni doctrina eruditus
- to have received a liberal education: optimis studiis or artibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum esse