peritia Latin · revision 33220

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛˈriː.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [peˈrit.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perītia''' ''f'' (genitive perītiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|perītus|-ia|t1=experienced, skilled]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan places [[m|la|perītus]] with [[m|la|perīculum|t=trial]] under a stem [[itc-pro|*per(e)i-|t=to experience]], which he connects with [[m|la|pariō|t=to bring forth]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Sallust has it first,^(Köbler 2010)^(TLL) of knowledge of the country and of warfare in the ''Jugurtha''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Lewis & Short note that it is not in Cicero or Caesar,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and the TLL finds it in Sallust and then from Seneca's letters on.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is knowledge gained by experience, practical skill, usually with a genitive of what one knows: Tacitus has skill in law and in customs, Suetonius foreknowledge of the future, and Pliny the Elder skill in laying out a camp.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Tacitus also has it alone, a man outstanding in skill and art.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) The Vulgate speaks of the art of fighting and of much experience as the crown of old men,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Lactantius of those skilled in calling up souls from the dead.^(Georges 1913) ''Iūris perītia'' is jurisprudence in Boethius.^(Georges 1913) Church Latin has skill, expertise and scientific knowledge,^(Stelten 1995) and medieval texts also use it for information.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust, of knowledge of the country and of warfare.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of skill in law.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius, of foreknowledge.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate, of the experience of old men.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – Information.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Knowledge gained by [[m|en|experience]], practical skill, [[m|en|expertise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Scientific knowledge.^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|information|alt=Information]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[perītus]]

+ * [[imperītia]]

+ * [[experior]]

+ * [[perīculum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}