literatus
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.
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How to use literatus in a sentence
The school of the literatus was much better than that of the literator, but it reached only a limited number of the Roman youth.
History of Education | Levi SeeleyThe curious reader may see the entire caustic passage in Spizelius's Infelix literatus, p. 435.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness | Thomas Frognall DibdinHuc advolarunt tres viri, duo lanifices, literarum rudes, literatus tertius est.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III | J. H. Merle D'AubignAccording to Fitz-Stephen, Thomas was less learned (minus literatus) than his rival, but of loftier character and morals.
Life of Thomas Becket | Henry Hart MilmanThis species is closely allied to the M. literatus of Brullé; but it differs too much, I think, to be identical with it.
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