practised (part. adj.) Copy link Outline 1. exercĭtātus2. pĕrītus3. expr. by versātus (which however does not become adj.)4. expr. by ūsus, ūs • practised (part. adj.): 1. exercĭtātus: opp. rudis, Cic. Ph. 6, 6, 17 (where the compar. occurs): p. in arms, ex. in armis, Caes. B. C. 1, 57 also foll. by ad and gerundive, Cic. Verr. 5, 54, 142 (lictores ad pulsandos homines exercitatissimi): a p. speaker, *in dicendo exercitatus. 2. pĕrītus: v. experienced. 3. expr. by versātus (which however does not become adj.): well p. in military and civil commands, in imperiis magistratibusque multum v., Nep. Milt. 8. 4. expr. by ūsus, ūs: to be p. in anything, magnum in aliqua re usum habere, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: v. experience.