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(verb) : disco, dĭdĭci, 3 (
* Part. fut.: sic disciturum, etc., App. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.), from the root da-, Gr. δεδαώς, δαῆναι; dak-, cf. doceo, doctus, Gr. διδάσκω, to learn, to learn to know, to become acquainted with, etc. (for syn. cf.: capio, percipio, concipio, comprehendo, intellego, cognosco, nosco, agnosco, animadverto, calleo, scio—very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).
* With acc.: litteras Graecas senex didici,Cic. de Sen. 8, 26; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: so, litteras,Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22: jus civile,id. Mur. 9, 19; 10, 23: litteras apud aliquem,Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 2: dialectica ab aliquo,id. Ac. 2, 30, 98: artem ab aliquo,Quint. 3, 1, 10 et saep.: aliquid de aliquo,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31: virtutem ex me, fortunam ex aliis,Verg. A. 12, 435; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 6 al.: fabularum similia,Cic. Rep. 1, 36: artes,id. ib. 2, 21: palaestram,Quint. 5, 10, 121: affectum,id. 1, 11, 2: inde vocabula prima,Lucr. 5, 1042: elementa prima,Hor. S. 1, 1, 26: dulces querelas,Lucr. 5, 1384; cf. preces,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 133 et saep.: me peritus Discet Iber,Hor. C. 2, 20, 20; cf.: quem (Augustum) didicere Vindelici,id. ib. 4, 14, 8: omnes crimine ab uno,Verg. A. 2, 66 et saep.—Pass.: dum est, unde jus civile discatur,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45; cf. jus,Quint. 12, 3, 9: Crassus, quod disci potuit de jure didicit,Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 143: tot artibus discendis,Quint. 12, 11, 9 et saep.
* With inf. or acc. and inf.: pueri qui nare discunt,Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: rapere et clepere,Cic. Rep. 4, 5 (ap. Non. 20, 15): Latine loqui,Sall. J. 101, 6: nobis ignoscere,Quint. 11, 2, 45: assem in partes diducere,Hor. A. P. 326: bene ferre magnam fortunam,id. C. 3, 27, 75 et saep.: bene ubi quod consilium discimus accidisse, etc.,Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 15: discit, Litavicum ad sollicitandos Haeduos profectum,Caes. B. G. 7, 54: animadverti et didici ex tuis litteris te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 3, 5; id. Ac. 2, 30 fin.: deos didici securum agere aevum,Hor. S. 1, 5, 101 et saep.
* With relat. clause: plures discent, quemadmodum haec fiant, quam quemadmodum his resistatur,Cic. Lael. 12, 41: quantum in Etruria belli esset,Liv. 10, 25: patriae quid debeat, etc.,Hor. A. P. 312 et saep.
* Absol.: disces tu quidem a principe hujus aetatis philosophorum, et disces quamdiu voles,Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: didicit,i. e. oratory,id. Brut. 71, 249; Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; Quint. 1, 12, 14 al.: discendi aut visendi causa maria transmittere,Cic. Rep. 1, 3; so, discendi causa,id. ib. 1, 10; id. Off. 2, 1, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin. al.: se ita a patribus majoribusque suis didicisse, ut, etc.,Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 6. —Ellipt.: discebant fidibus antiqui, sc. canere,Cic. de Sen. 8 fin. (cf.: docere fidibus,Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: scire fidibus,Ter. Eun. 1, 5, 53).
* Transf., of inanimate subjects: manus,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 159: nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,Verg. E. 4, 42: arbores,Plin. H. N. 16 prooem.
* To teach = docere (late Lat., cf. μανθάνειν, and Eng. learn): falsa discentes,Amm. 14, 1.
* Part. fut.: sic disciturum, etc., App. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.), from the root da-, Gr. δεδαώς, δαῆναι; dak-, cf. doceo, doctus, Gr. διδάσκω, to learn, to learn to know, to become acquainted with, etc. (for syn. cf.: capio, percipio, concipio, comprehendo, intellego, cognosco, nosco, agnosco, animadverto, calleo, scio—very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).
* With acc.: litteras Graecas senex didici,Cic. de Sen. 8, 26; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: so, litteras,Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22: jus civile,id. Mur. 9, 19; 10, 23: litteras apud aliquem,Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 2: dialectica ab aliquo,id. Ac. 2, 30, 98: artem ab aliquo,Quint. 3, 1, 10 et saep.: aliquid de aliquo,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31: virtutem ex me, fortunam ex aliis,Verg. A. 12, 435; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 6 al.: fabularum similia,Cic. Rep. 1, 36: artes,id. ib. 2, 21: palaestram,Quint. 5, 10, 121: affectum,id. 1, 11, 2: inde vocabula prima,Lucr. 5, 1042: elementa prima,Hor. S. 1, 1, 26: dulces querelas,Lucr. 5, 1384; cf. preces,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 133 et saep.: me peritus Discet Iber,Hor. C. 2, 20, 20; cf.: quem (Augustum) didicere Vindelici,id. ib. 4, 14, 8: omnes crimine ab uno,Verg. A. 2, 66 et saep.—Pass.: dum est, unde jus civile discatur,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45; cf. jus,Quint. 12, 3, 9: Crassus, quod disci potuit de jure didicit,Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 143: tot artibus discendis,Quint. 12, 11, 9 et saep.
* With inf. or acc. and inf.: pueri qui nare discunt,Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: rapere et clepere,Cic. Rep. 4, 5 (ap. Non. 20, 15): Latine loqui,Sall. J. 101, 6: nobis ignoscere,Quint. 11, 2, 45: assem in partes diducere,Hor. A. P. 326: bene ferre magnam fortunam,id. C. 3, 27, 75 et saep.: bene ubi quod consilium discimus accidisse, etc.,Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 15: discit, Litavicum ad sollicitandos Haeduos profectum,Caes. B. G. 7, 54: animadverti et didici ex tuis litteris te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut, etc.,Cic. Fam. 3, 5; id. Ac. 2, 30 fin.: deos didici securum agere aevum,Hor. S. 1, 5, 101 et saep.
* With relat. clause: plures discent, quemadmodum haec fiant, quam quemadmodum his resistatur,Cic. Lael. 12, 41: quantum in Etruria belli esset,Liv. 10, 25: patriae quid debeat, etc.,Hor. A. P. 312 et saep.
* Absol.: disces tu quidem a principe hujus aetatis philosophorum, et disces quamdiu voles,Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: didicit,i. e. oratory,id. Brut. 71, 249; Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; Quint. 1, 12, 14 al.: discendi aut visendi causa maria transmittere,Cic. Rep. 1, 3; so, discendi causa,id. ib. 1, 10; id. Off. 2, 1, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin. al.: se ita a patribus majoribusque suis didicisse, ut, etc.,Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 6. —Ellipt.: discebant fidibus antiqui, sc. canere,Cic. de Sen. 8 fin. (cf.: docere fidibus,Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: scire fidibus,Ter. Eun. 1, 5, 53).
* Transf., of inanimate subjects: manus,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 159: nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,Verg. E. 4, 42: arbores,Plin. H. N. 16 prooem.
* To teach = docere (late Lat., cf. μανθάνειν, and Eng. learn): falsa discentes,Amm. 14, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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