different between literatus vs literates

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?ter?tus, litter?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t?????t?s/

Noun

literatus (plural literati)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A learned person; one acquainted with literature.
   • 1823, Thomas De Quincey, Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected (published in London Magazine)

     Now , we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be married — in fact, Mr. Coleridge agrees to allow him a wife

Anagrams

• rutilates, tertulias

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /li.te?ra?.tus/, [l?t????ä?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.te?ra.tus/, [lit??????t?us]

Adjective

liter?tus (feminine liter?ta, neuter liter?tum, superlative liter?tissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of litter?tus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• literatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Noun

literates

1. plural of literate

Anagrams

• laterites, statelier