literary Copy link Outline 1. expr. by littĕrae, arum2. littĕrātus (conversant with literature) • literary: 1. expr. by littĕrae, arum: l. pursuits or tastes, studia litterarum, Cic. Arch. 2, 3 to lead a l. life, aetatem agere in l., id. Leg. 2. 1, 3: my l. pursuits, l. meae, id. Ph. 2, 8, 20: v. literature. 2. littĕrātus (conversant with literature): a l. man (= man of letters), homo l., Cic. Mur. 7, 16: Sen.: v. learned (4). (N.B.A literary man in modern sense is rather litterator, cf. Suet. Gr. 4.)