To attempt: to affay: to proone: to trie. Experiri & probare. Cic. Coniectura prospicere & experiti. Cic. Experiti & tentare. Brutus Ciceroni. Experiri ad arborem cornua. Plinius. To true his hornes against a tree. De aliquo experiri. Cic. To prooue a thing of oue. De setpso experiri. Cic. De iniurijs experiri. Cic. Experiri in aliquo. Plautus. To prooue or shewe the proofe of a thing in oue. In nobis experiri aliquid. Cic. To proue a thing in our selfe. Experiri in vtranque partem. Terentius. To trie on bothe sides. Experiri in paruis. Plin. To assay in little matters. In se ipso experiti. Cic. Vicissim experiamur inter nos quid possit vterque. Virg. Cum periculo aliquid experiri. Cic. Te experior, quanti facias vxorem tuam. Plaut. I trie thee, how much thou settest by thy wife. Nunc ego te experiar quid ames. Plaut. Now I will prooue thee how much thou louest. Experiri an viuat. Plin. iun. Vult experiri, suum abitum vt desyderem, &c. Plaut. Parum prosperè aliquid experiri. Quint. Actione experiri. Paulus. To trie hys right by action in the lawe. Monitus alicuius expetiri. Ouid. To vnderstand ones ad uertisements. Experiri opera & factis. Plaut. Experiri re ipsa. Terent. Viribus intentis experiri aliquem. Valer. Flac. Æquora & vias experiri. Val. Flac. To venter and trie. Amorem alicuius experiri. Cic. Amores amaros. Virg. Domi arma experir. Sta. Camina experiri. Virg. Certamen. Liuius. To ioine battaile: to assaie the hazarde of battaile. Deos iniquos. Ouid. To finde the Gods vnfauourable. Extrema. Salust. To vse the extreeme remedie: to put all in hazard. Fidelem aliquem. Hor. To finde one faithfull. Fidem alicuius. Plaut. To trie. Fortunam. Cæs. To put in aduenture and prooue what will chaunce. Ius. Paulus. To trie his right by law. Laborem. Virg. Experiri & subire labores. Cic. Libertatem. Salust. To assay to set himselfe at libertie. Frustr omnia experiri. Catul. Experiri perfidiam alicuius. Cic. To trie ones vntroth. Pœnas. Ouidius. Periclitari & experiri pueros. Cic. Taciturnitatem alicuius experiri. Cic. Terram experiri facilem. Virg. To finde the grounde easie to occupie. Vim veneni experiri in aliquo. Cic. Vires suas experiri. Ouid. To trie his strength. Vltima experiri. Liu. To trie the extreame remedie: to putte all in hazarde. Experiri. Vlpian. To trie his right by the lawe. Iure experiri. Cic. Idem. Liberali iudicio experiri. Vlpian. Expertum est. Gell. It is tried by erperience. Experiendum est. Cic. It must be tried.

I. To try, prove, put to the test.

A. In tempp. praes. constr. with the acc., a rel. clause, or absol.

(a). With acc.: habuisse aiunt domi (venenum), vimque ejus esse expertum in servo quodam ad eam rem ipsam parato, Cic. Cael. 24, 58: taciturnitatem nostram, id. Brut. 65, 231: amorem alicujus, id. Att. 16, 16, C, 1: his persuaserant, uti eandem belli fortunam experirentur, Caes. B. G. 2, 16, 3: judicium discipulorum, Quint. 2, 5, 12: in quo totas vires suas eloquentia experiretur, id. 10, 1, 109: imperium, Liv. 2, 59, 4: cervi cornua ad arbores subinde experientes, Plin. 8, 32, 50, 117 et saep.— With a personal object: vin' me experiri? make trial of me, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 29: hanc experiamur, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 12 Ruhnk.: tum se denique errasse sentiunt, cum eos (amicos) gravis aliquis casus experiri cogit, Cic. Lael. 22, 84: in periclitandis experiendisque pueris, id. Div. 2, 46, 97.—So with se. reflex., to make trial of one's powers in any thing: se heroo (versu), Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 3 variis se studiorum generibus, id. ib. 9, 29, 1: se in foro, Quint. 12, 11, 16.—

(b). With a rel.-clause, ut, etc.: vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204, ed. Vahl.): lubet experiri, quo evasuru'st denique, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 93: experiri libet, quantum audeatis, Liv. 25, 38, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 1, 1: in me ipso experior, ut exalbescam, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf. with si: expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur, Val. Fl. 5, 562.—

(g). Absol.: experiendo magis quam discendo cognovi, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10: judicare difficile est sane nisi expertum: experiendum autem est in ipsa amicitia: ita praecurrit amicitia judicium tollitque experiendi potestatem, id. Lael. 17, 62.—

B. In the tempp. perf., to have tried, tested, experienced, i. e. to find or know by experience: benignitatem tuam me experto praedicas, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18: omnia quae dico de Plancio, dico expertus in nobis, Cic. Planc. 9, 22: experti scire debemus, etc., id. Mil. 26, 69: illud tibi expertus promitto, id. Fam. 13, 9, 3: dicam tibi, Catule, non tam doctus, quam, id quod est majus, expertus, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72: puellae jam virum expertae, Hor. C. 3, 14, 11; 4, 4, 3; cf. Quint. 6, 5, 7: mala captivitatis, Sulp. Sev. 2, 22, 5: id opera expertus sum esse ita, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 3: expertus sum prodesse, Quint. 2, 4, 13: expertus, juvenem praelongos habuisse sermones, id. 10, 3, 32: ut frequenter experti sumus, id. 1, 12, 11.— Rarely in other tenses: et exorabile numen Fortasse experiar, may find, Juv. 13, 103.—

C. To make trial of, in a hostile sense, to measure strength with, to contend with: ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet, Nep. Ham. 4, 3: maritimis moribus mecum experitur, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11: ipsi duces cominus invicem experti, Flor. 3, 21, 7; 4, 10, 1; cf.: hos cum Suevi, multis saepe bellis experti, finibus expellere non potuissent, Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4: Turnum in armis, Verg. A. 7, 434.

II. To undertake, to attempt, to make trial of, undergo, experience a thing.

A. In gen.: qui desperatione debilitati experiri id nolent, quod se assequi posse diffidant. Sed par est omnes omnia experiri, qui, etc., Cic. Or. 1, 4; cf.: istuc primum experiar, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 47: omnia experiri certum est, priusquam pereo, Ter. And. 2, 1, 11: omnia prius quam, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 78, 1: extrema omnia, Sall. C. 26, 5; cf. also: sese omnia de pace expertum, Caes. B. C. 3, 57, 2: libertatem, i. e. to make use of, enjoy, Sall. J. 31, 5: late fusum opus est et multiplex, etc.... dicere experiar, Quint. 2, 13, 17: quod quoniam me saepius rogas, aggrediar, non tam perficiundi spe quam experiundi voluntate, Cic. Or. 1, 2.—With ut and subj.: nunc si vel periculose experiundum erit, experiar certe, ut hinc avolem, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: experiri, ut sine armis propinquum ad officium reduceret, Nep. Dat. 2, 3.—

B. In partic., jurid. t. t., to try or test by law, to go to law: aut intra parietes aut summo jure experietur, Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf.: in jus vocare est juris experiundi causa vocare, Dig. 2, 4, 1; 47, 8, 4: a me diem petivit: ego experiri non potui: latitavit, Cic. Quint. 23, 75; Liv. 40, 29, 11: sua propria bona malaque, cum causae dicendae data facultas sit, tum se experturum, Liv. 3, 56, 10: postulare ut judicium populi Romani experiri (liceat), id. ib.—Hence,

1. expĕrĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), experienced, enterprising, active, industrious (class.): homo gnavus et industrius, experientissimus ac diligentissimus arator, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, 53: promptus homo et experiens, id. ib. 2, 4, 17, 37: vir fortis et experiens, id. Clu. 8, 23: vir acer et experiens, Liv. 6, 34, 4: comes experientis Ulixei, Ov. M. 14, 159: ingenium, id. Am. 1, 9, 32. —With gen.: genus experiens laborum, inured to, patient of, Ov. M. 1, 414: rei militaris experientissimi duces, Arn. 2, 38 init.; cf. Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.—Comp. appears not to occur.—

2. expertus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), in pass. signif., tried, proved, known by experience (freq. after the Aug. per.): vir acer et pro causa plebis expertae virtutis, Liv. 3, 44, 3: per omnia expertus, id. 1, 34, 12: indignitates homines expertos, id. 24, 22, 2: dulcedo libertatis, id. 1, 17, 3: industria, Suet. Vesp. 4: artes, Tac. A. 3, 17: saevitia, Prop. 1, 3, 18: confidens ostento sibi expertissimo, Suet. Tib. 19.—With gen.: expertos belli juvenes, Verg. A. 10, 173; cf. Tac. H. 4, 76.—Comp. and adv. appear not to occur.