_vir_ or _homo doctus, litteratus_—a man of learning; a scholar; a
savant.
_vir doctissimus_—a great scholar.
_vir perfecte planeque eruditus_—a man of profound erudition.
_vir omni doctrina eruditus_—a man perfect in all branches of learning.
_multi viri docti_, or _multi et ii docti_ (not _multi docti_)—many
learned men; many scholars.
_omnes docti, quivis doctus, doctissimus quisque_—all learned men.
_nemo doctus_—no man of learning.
_nemo mediocriter doctus_—no one with any pretence to education.
_latinis litteris_ or _latine doctus_—acquainted with the Latin
language.
_bene_[1] _latine doctus_ or _sciens_—a good Latin scholar.
_doctrina abundare_ (De Or. 3. 16. 59)—to be a man of great learning.
_a doctrina mediocriter instructum esse_—to have received only a
moderate education.
_doctrina exquisita, subtilis, elegans_[2]—sound knowledge; scholarship.
_doctrina recondita_—profound erudition.
_studia, quae in reconditis artibus versantur_ (De Or. 1. 2.
8)—abstruse studies.
_magnam doctrinae speciem prae se ferre_—to pass as a man of great
learning.
_vita umbratilis_ (_vid._ sect. VII. 4)—the contemplative life of a
student.
_litterarum scientiam_ (only in sing.) _habere_—to possess literary
knowledge.
_scientiam alicuius rei consequi_—to acquire knowledge of a subject.
_scientia comprehendere aliquid_—to acquire knowledge of a subject.
_penitus percipere et comprehendere aliquid_ (De Or. 1. 23. 108)—to
have a thorough grasp of a subject.
_scientia augere aliquem_—to enrich a person's knowledge.
_multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisse_—to be well-informed,
erudite.
_multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse_ (opp. _litterarum_ or
_eruditionis expertem esse_ or _[rerum] rudem esse_)—to be
well-informed, erudite.
[1] For the use of adverbs to modify adjectives and other adverbs
_vid._ Nägelsbach Lat. Stil. p. 278; cf. _bene multi, bene mane, bene
penitus_ (Verr. 2. 70. 169), _impie ingratus_ (Tusc. 5. 2. 6) etc.
Such combinations are especially frequent in Tacitus, Velleius,
Seneca, and Quintilian. For _latine_ by itself cf. Cic. Opt. Gen. 4
_latine, id est pure et emendate, loqui_. If the style is to be
criticised, adverbs can be added—e.g. _bene, perbene, pessime,
eleganter_, etc., cf. vii. 7.
[2] Not _solida_, which means properly entire, massive—e.g. _marmor
solidum, crateres auro solidi_, then metaph. e.g.—_solida laus,
utilitas_.