The corpus record — Latin

peritia

peritia · f

experience

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Where it lives

De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
De vita Hadriani 2 · 3.9/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 4 · 3.16/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Annales 6 · 0.68/10k
Res Gestae 7 · 0.55/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Jugurtha 1 · 0.47/10k
Historiae 2 · 0.39/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

pĕrītĭa — 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.

Where it came from

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