(adjective) : ex-pers, tis, pars
* Having no part in, not sharing in, not privy to.
* Prop. (rare but class.).—Constr. with gen.: ne expers partis esset de nostris bonis,Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 39: communis juris et consilii (opp. particeps libertatis),Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43: sunt expertes imperii, consilii publici, judicii delectorum judicum,id. ib. 1, 31, 47 Mos.: tanti tam inusitati consilii,id. Att. 8, 8, 1; cf.: animum advorte nunc jam, Quapropter te expertem amoris nati habuerim,i. e. left ignorant of his amour,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 83.
* Transf., in gen., destitute or devoid of, free from, without (freq. and class.).— Constr. in class. lang. with gen.; ante-class. and in Sall. also with abl.
* With gen.: omnium vitiūm expers, Titin. ap. Non. 495, 13: laboris,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 16: omnis eruditionis expers atque ignarus,Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 1: veritatis,id. ib. 2, 19, 81: negotii publici,id. Rep. 1, 2: humanitatis,id. Div. 2, 38, 81: nuptiarum,Hor. C. 3, 11, 11: viri,Ov. M. 1, 479: ferae rationis et orationis expertes,Cic. Off. 1, 16, 50: Chium (vinum) maris expers,without sea-water,Hor. S. 2, 8, 15: sui,Cic. Lael. 23, 87; cf.: ut nulla ejus vitae pars summae turpitudinis esset expers,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191: vis consili expers,Hor. C. 3, 4, 65 et saep.: expers matris imperii, free from, i. e. neglectful of, disobedient to, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 2.
* With abl.: ea res me domo expertem facit,Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 40: eo more,id. Am. 2, 2, 81: metu,id. As. 1, 1, 31: malitiis, Turp. ap. Non. 501, 7: omnes famā atque fortunis expertes sumus,Sall. C. 33, 1.

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