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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Literatus \Lit'e*ra"tus\ (l[i^]t'[-e]*r[aum]"t[u^]s; l[i^]t'[-e]*r[=a]"t[u^]s), noun; pl. {Literati} (l[i^]t'[-e]*r[aum]"t[=e]; l[i^]t'[-e]*r[=a]"t[imac]). [L. litteratus, literatus.] 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. --De Quincey.
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