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literatus

/lit-uh-rah-tuhs, -rey-/US // ˌlɪt əˈrɑ təs, -ˈreɪ- //

文学家,文学家们,文图,文学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of the literati, or intellectual class: My daughter married a true literatus—a Ph.D. in philosophy and two volumes of poetry to his name.

Examples

  • The school of the literatus was much better than that of the literator, but it reached only a limited number of the Roman youth.

  • The curious reader may see the entire caustic passage in Spizelius's Infelix Literatus, p. 435.

  • Huc advolarunt tres viri, duo lanifices, literarum rudes, literatus tertius est.

  • According to Fitz-Stephen, Thomas was less learned (minus literatus) than his rival, but of loftier character and morals.

  • This species is closely allied to the M. literatus of Brullé; but it differs too much, I think, to be identical with it.