peritia

peritia

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin perītus
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin perītia

    From perītus (“experienced”) + -ia.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    perītia f (genitive perītiae); first declension

    1. experience; practical knowledge (gained by experience); expertise; skill
      Synonyms: ūsus, experientia

    Usage notes

    This word appears from Sallustius onward; in Caesar or Cicero ūsus is used instead.

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative perītia perītiae
    genitive perītiae perītiārum
    dative perītiae perītiīs
    accusative perītiam perītiās
    ablative perītiā perītiīs
    vocative perītia perītiae

    Descendants

    • Italian: perizia
    • Portuguese: perícia
    • Spanish: pericia

    References

    • “peritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “peritia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “peritia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • peritia in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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