peritia
πλέων επί οίνοπα πόντον επ' αλλοθρόους ανθρώπους → while sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of strange speech
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pĕrītĭa: ae, f. peritus,
I experience, knowledge gained by experience, practical knowledge, skill (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
(a) 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.—
(b) With gen. subj.: arte servi vel peritiā uti, Dig. 7, 1, 27.—
(g) Absol.: peritiā et arte praestans, Tac. H. 4, 30: corona senum multa peritia, Vulg. Ecclus. 25, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pĕrītĭa,¹² æ, f. (peritus), connaissance [acquise par l’expérience], expérience : Sall. J. 46, 8
