Literatus /(lĭt`ē̇*rä"tŭs; lĭt`ē̇*rā"tŭs)/

Lit·e·ra·tus

Literatus

n.

pl. Literati ((lĭt`ē̇*rä"tē; lĭt`ē̇*rā"tī))

  1. A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural.
    Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be maimed.