litteratum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →litteratus, litterata, litteratum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
learned, cultured, erudite, well versed in literature; inscribed w/letters;; marked/branded/tattooed w/letters (of slaves, as sign of disgrace);
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...alienarum aurium molestia laudatio haec constat: 'o hominem litteratum!' Simus hoc titulo rusticiore contenti: 'o virum bonum!' Itane..."De grammaticis
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...litterati vocabantur. Cornelius quoque Nepos libello quo distinguit litteratum ab erudito, litteratos quidem vulgo appellari..."
