(usu) peritus; usu atque exercitatione praeditus (that has experience and exercise): expertus (tried): callidus (clever, intelligent). Experienced in anything, peritus alicujus rei (rarely with ablative; an infinitive after it is a Greek construction): gnarus alicujus rei (skilled in a thing): exercitatus, versatus in re (exercised, practised in a thing): instructus, eruditus aliqua re (instructed, taught in a thing): very industrious and experienced, experientissimus ac diligentissimus (e.g., arator, Cic.): experienced in military matters, rei militaris or belli gerendi peritus; usu militari praeditus: experienced in jurisprudence, eruditus discipline juris: a very experienced person, vir plurmo rerum usu or magno usu praeditus; vir usu et prudentia praestans; vir multis experimentis eruditus (Plin., Ep., 1, 5, 16): a very experienced and intelligent man, vir usu sapientiaque praestans: to be very experienced, multarum rerum peritum esse: to be very experienced in anything, bene or probe versatum esse in re; magnum usum habere in re (e.g., in military affairs, in political science, etc.).