_animum, ingenium excolere_ (not _colere_)—to cultivate the mind.
_animi, ingenii cultus_ (not _cultura_)—mental culture.
_optimis studiis_ or _artibus, optimarum artium studiis eruditum
esse_—to have received a liberal education.
_litteras scire_—to have received a liberal education.
_litterae interiores et reconditae, artes reconditae_—profound
scientific education.
_sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae_ (De Sen. 4.
12)—for a Roman he is decidedly well educated.
_litteris leviter imbutum_ or _tinctum esse_—to have received a
superficial education.
_omni vita atque victu excultum atque expolitum esse_ (Brut. 25.
95)—to have attained to a high degree of culture.
_omnis cultus et humanitatis expertem esse_[1]—to be quite uncivilised.
_ab omni cultu et humanitate longe abesse_ (B. G. 1. 1. 3)—to be quite
uncivilised.
_homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque
deducere_ (De Or. 1. 8. 33)—to civilise men, a nation.
[1] Not _incultum esse_, which refers only to external appearance.