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|lshtext=<b>pĕrītus</b>: a, um, adj. [[prop]]. Part. of [[perior]] (in ex-[[perior]]); [[root]] [[par]]-, per-; Gr. [[περάω]]>; v. [[periculum]],<br /><b>I</b> experienced, [[practised]], [[practically]] acquainted, [[skilled]], [[skilful]], [[expert]] (cf.: [[gnarus]], [[consultus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: nil iam mihi [[novi]] Offerri [[pote]], [[quin]] sim [[peritus]], Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 19: doctos homines vel usu peritos, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147: docti a peritis, id. ib. 3, 3, 15: ab hominibus callidis ac peritis animadversa, id. de Or. 1, 23, 109: decede peritis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213: me [[peritus]] discet [[Iber]], id. C. 2, 20, 19: [[homo]] peritissimus, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 66: hominem peritissimum in eis ipsis rebus, superare, quas, etc., id. ib. 1, 15, 66: peritissimi duces, Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Prop. 1, 10, 7. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: multarum rerum [[peritus]], Cic. Font. 7, 15: antiquitatis nostrae et scriptorum veterum [[litterate]] [[peritus]], id. Brut. 56, 205: earum regionum, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: caelestium prodigiorum, Liv. 1, 34: peritiores rei [[militaris]], id. 3, 61: bellorum omnium peritissimus, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68: peritissimi caeli ac siderum [[vates]], Curt. 4, 10, 4: juris, Juv. 1, 128: vir movendarum lacrimarum peritissimus, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 3: definiendi, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: jure [[peritus]], Lucil. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 62 P.: jure peritissimus, Aur. Vict. Epit. 19: [[quis]] jure peritior? Cic. Clu. 38, 107: [[peritus]] [[bello]], Vell. 2, 29, 3: [[peritus]] disciplinā militari, Gell. 4, 8, 2: [[arte]] fabricā [[peritus]], Dig. 33, 7, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad: ad usum et disciplinam [[peritus]], Cic. Font. 15, 43: et ad respondendum et ad cavendum [[peritus]], id. de Or. 1, 48, 212: ad prospicienda cavendaque pericula, Just. 31, 2, 2.—（ε) With in and abl.: [[sive]] in amore [[rudis]], [[sive]] [[peritus]] erit, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 82.—（ζ) With de: de agriculturā peritissimus, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—（η) With acc. ([[poet]].): [[arma]] virumque [[peritus]], Aus. Epigr. 137.—（θ) With inf. or [[object]]-[[clause]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): soli cantare periti [[Arcades]], Verg. E. 10, 32: [[peritus]] obsequi, Tac. Agr. 8: urentes oculos inhibere perita, Pers. 2, 34: rex [[peritus]], fortius [[adversus]] Romanos [[aurum]] esse [[quam]] [[ferrum]], Flor. 3, 1, 7.—Hence, subst.: pĕrītissĭ-mus, i, m., a [[man]] of [[extraordinary]] [[skill]]: cum discendi causā duobus peritissimis operam dedisset, etc., Cic. Brut. 42, 154.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[abstract]] things, [[skilfully]] constructed, [[clever]]: peritae fabulae, Aus. Ep. 16, 92.—Hence, adv.: pĕrītē, in an experienced [[manner]], [[skilfully]], [[expertly]], [[cleverly]]: [[quod]] [[institutum]] [[perite]] a [[Numa]], Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: [[perite]] et [[ornate]] dicere, id. de Or. 2, 2, 5; Gell. 17, 5 fin.: [[callide]] et [[perite]] versari in aliquā re, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 48: distributa [[perite]], id. ib. 2, 19, 81.— Comp.: peritius [[fit]] aliquid ab [[aliquo]], Sen. Ep. 90, 33.—Sup.: aliquid peritissime et callidissime venditare, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: disputare, Val. Max. 8, 11, 1: suavissime et peritissime legere, Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3.