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Latin
Etymology
From littera (“letter”) + -ātus (“-ed”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
litterātus (feminine litterāta, neuter litterātum, comparative litterātior, superlative litterātissimus, adverb litterātē); first/second-declension adjective
- learned, educated, scholarly, literate
- cultured, erudite
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “litteratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “litteratus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- litteratus 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 learning; a scholar; a savant: vir or homo doctus, litteratus
- (ambiguous) to the letter; literally: ad litteram, litterate
- litteratus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016