literatus

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin līterātus, litterātus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/

Noun

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literatus (plural literati)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.
    Synonym: literato
    Coordinate term: literata
    • 1823, Thomas De Quincey, “Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected. Letter I.”, in Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected; and Other Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XIV), London: James Hogg & Sons, published 1860, →OCLC, page 21:
      Now, we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be married,—in fact, Mr. [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge agrees to allow him a wife.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From lītera (letter) +‎ -ātus (-ed).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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līterātus (feminine līterāta, neuter līterātum, superlative līterātissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Alternative form of litterātus

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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