peritus Latin · revision 7582

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *per-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perītus''' (feminine perīta, neuter perītum, comparative perītior, superlative perītissimus, adverb perītē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the participle of an unattested ⟨*perior⟩ “to try”, seen in [[experior]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The OLD compares [[grc|πεῖρα|tr=peîra|t=trial]], and de Vaan connects it with [[pariō]] and [[ine-pro|*perh₃-]], according to Wiktionary.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, with a genitive of the field of knowledge.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having knowledge gained by experience, practised, expert, with a genitive, as in Ennius, or absolutely, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Cicero ''iūris perītus'' was a lawyer, a jurisconsult, and Cicero joins the learned and those ''ūsū perītī'' “skilled by practice”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant skilled, very learned, and as a noun an expert adviser, a ''perītus'' at a council.^(Stelten 1995) It was borrowed into Italian and Spanish as ''perito'', and [[en|perite]] is also a borrowing.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of the skilled.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it absolutely.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''iūris perītus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Experienced, practised, [[m|en|expert]] (in).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''iūris perītus'', expert in the law; as a noun, a [[m|en|jurisconsult]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' As a noun, an expert adviser.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[experītus]]

+ * [[imperītus]]

+ * [[perītia]]

+ * [[sēmiperītus]]

+ * [[iūrisperītus]]

+ * [[lēgisperītus]]

+ * [[omniperītus]]

+ * [[perītē]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[experior]]

+ * [[perīculum]]

+ * [[en|expert]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}