imperitus Latin · revision 30694

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *perh₃-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪm.pɛˈriː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [im.peˈriː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''imperītus''' (feminine imperīta, neuter imperītum, comparative imperītior, superlative imperītissimus, adverb imperītē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''inperītus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the negative prefix [[m|la|in-|t=not]] and [[m|la|perītus|t=experienced, skilled]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan relates ⟨perītus⟩, with [[m|la|experior|t=to try]] and [[m|la|perīculum|t=trial, danger]], to a verb ⟨*-perior⟩ “to find, experience”, which he connects with [[pariō|t=to bring forth]] and traces to [[ine-pro|*perh₃-|t=to provide]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Stichus'': ''imperītus rērum et mōrum mulierum'', “ignorant of women's affairs and ways”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Imperītus'' is lacking experience, knowledge or skill, ignorant and untutored; it is often built with a genitive of the field (Plautus), or with ''ad'' or ''in''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it of unskilled speech that has spread, and has the first comparative and superlative.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Lewis & Short give [[ignārus]] and [[rudis]] as synonyms, and [[prūdēns]] and [[callidus]] as opposites.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Festus explains ''experītōs'' as ''imperītōs''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a man ignorant of women's ways.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of unskilled speech, with comparative and superlative.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|inexperienced]], unskilled, [[m|en|ignorant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(with genitive)'' Unacquainted with, unskilled in.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(of speech, conduct)'' Unskilful, untutored.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[imperītia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[perītus]]

+ * [[experior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}