peritia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĕrītĭa, ae, f. [peritus],

I experience , knowledge gained by experience , practical knowledge , skill (not in Cic. or Caes.).

α With gen. obj. : locorum et militiae, Sall. J. 46, 8: legum, Tac. A. 4, 58: morum, id. ib. 1, 69: futurorum, Suet. Tib. 67: castra metandi, Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 32: gratiae ac voluptatis (conciliandae), Quint. 2, 15, 24: artis pugnae, Vulg. Judith, 5, 27; Gell. 15, 31, 1.—

β With gen. subj. : arte servi vel peritiā uti, Dig. 7, 1, 27.—

γ Absol. : peritiā et arte praestans, Tac. H. 4, 30: corona senum multa peritia, Vulg. Ecclus. 25, 8.

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