Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 649.experior on page 649
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experīrī to test
experīrī is a Latin Verb that primarily means to test.
Definitions for experīrī
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to try, test, experience
English derivatives:
experiment expert inexpert inexperience
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To make trial of, put to the test, try out. (b) (w. indir. qu.) to test (whether, etc.).
- 2
To resort to, try (an expedient). (b) (absol.) to resort to a legal trial, go to law.
- 3
(w. inf.) To attempt, try (to); (also w. ut). (b) (absol. or ellipt.).
- 4
To have experience of, undergo. (b) (w. acc. and inf.) to learn from one's experience (that); (also w. indir. qu.) (c) (w. pred. acc.) to find by experience (a person, thing to be of a given sort).
- 5
(pf. in pass. sense) To have been experienced.
Sentences with experīrī
Latin to English
Experiendō discimus.Compare We learn by experiencing.
Argentariis male credi qui aiunt, nugas praedicant. Nam et bene et male credi dico: id adeo hodie expertus sum. Non male creditur qui numquam reddunt, sed prorsum perit.Compare People that say bankers are ill trusted talk rubbish. Why, they are well trusted and ill trusted both, I tell you - and what is more, I have proved it myself this very day. Money is not ill trusted to men that never repay you; it is gone for good.
Expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis: formosam raro non sibi quisque petit.Compare I speak from experience: no one is faithful in love. Rarely does a man fail to covet a beautiful woman for himself.
Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici: expertus metuit.Compare Making up to a powerful friend seems a pleasant thing to those who have not tried: who has tried will dread it.
Nihil is res animus militaris vir et multus experior casus imminuo.Compare That event did not at all diminish the courage of a man who was used to war, and who had experienced many turns of fortune.
Conjugation table for experīrī
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| experior experīris experītur experīmur experīminī experiuntur | experiēbar experiēbāris experiēbātur experiēbāmur experiēbāminī experiēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| expertus sum expertus es expertus est expertī sumus expertī estis expertī sunt | expertus eram expertus erās expertus erat expertī erāmus expertī erātis expertī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| experiar experiēris experiētur experiēmur experiēminī experientur | expertus erō expertus eris expertus erit expertī erimus expertī eritis expertī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| experiar experiāris experiātur experiāmur experiāminī experiantur | experīrer experīrēris experīrētur experīrēmur experīrēminī experīrentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| expertus sim expertus sīs expertus sit expertī sīmus expertī sītis expertī sint | expertus essem expertus essēs expertus esset expertī essēmus expertī essētis expertī essent |
Infinitive present experīrī Infinitive perfect expertum esse Infinitive future expertūrum esse | Imperative present experīre experīminī Imperative future experīto / experītor experīto / experītor - experiunto / experiuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| experiēns | experientēs | |
| experiēns | experientēs | |
| experiēns | experientēs | |
| experiēns | experientēs | |
| experiēns | experientēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| expertūrus | expertūrī | |
| expertūrus | expertūrī | |
| expertūrus | expertūrī | |
| expertūrus | expertūrī | |
| expertūrus | expertūrī | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| expertus | expertī | |
| expertus | expertī | |
| expertus | expertī | |
| expertus | expertī | |
| expertus | expertī | |
| Gerundive | ||
| experiendus | experiendī | |
| experiendus | experiendī | |
| experiendus | experiendī | |
| experiendus | experiendī | |
| experiendus | experiendī | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| experīrī | expertum | |
| experīrī | expertū | |
| experīrī | ||
| experīrī | ||
| experīrī | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | experiēns | experientēs |
| Gen. | experientis | experientium |
| Dat. | experientī | experientibus |
| Acc. | experientem | experientēs |
| Abl. | experiente | experientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | expertūrus | expertūrī |
| Gen. | expertūrī | expertūrōrum |
| Dat. | expertūrō | expertūrīs |
| Acc. | expertūrum | expertūrōs |
| Abl. | expertūrō | expertūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | expertus | expertī |
| Gen. | expertī | expertōrum |
| Dat. | expertō | expertīs |
| Acc. | expertum | expertōs |
| Abl. | expertō | expertīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | experiendus | experiendī |
| Gen. | experiendī | experiendōrum |
| Dat. | experiendō | experiendīs |
| Acc. | experiendum | experiendōs |
| Abl. | experiendō | experiendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | experīrī | expertum |
| Gen. | experiendī | expertū |
| Dat. | experiendō | |
| Acc. | experiendum | |
| Abl. | experiendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 279.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 649.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
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Wheelock's Latin
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