learning Copy link Outline I. The actII. Erudition, knowledge acquired1. doctrīna (either a separate branch of culture, or the whole collectively)2. ērŭdītio (esp. learning as a whole, or as quality)3. discĭplīna (course of study; culture)4. littĕrae, arum (meton. = knowledge of literature) • learning: I. The act: ger. of disco v. to learn. II. Erudition, knowledge acquired: 1. doctrīna (either a separate branch of culture, or the whole collectively): thoroughly acquainted with Grecian l., Graecis d. eruditus, Cic. Br. 67, init.: adorned with every kind of l. and excellence, omni d. et virtute ornatissimus, Cic. Verr. 3, 88, init.: a man of immense classical l., *omni antiquitatis veterumque scriptorum doctrina imbutus, instructus (instructissimus): v. learned (3). (For great learning, Kr. gives, magna, multa, summa doctrina but doctrina appears not to be used to denote a quality in the best age.) 2. ērŭdītio (esp. learning as a whole, or as quality): quite without all l., omnino omnis e. expers, Cic. de Or. 2, init.: to be stored with varied l., varia e. repletum esse, Suet. Aug. 89: several volumes, marked by varied l., variae e. aliquot volumina, id. Gr. 6: a man of great l., *summa eruditione vir. 3. discĭplīna (course of study; culture): Greek l., Graecae d., Suet. Aug. 89. 4. littĕrae, arum (meton. = knowledge of literature): he possessed much l., and that of no ordinary kind, erant in eo plurimae l., nec eae vulgares [sed interiores quaedam et reconditae] Cic. Br. 76, 265: possessing no l., *cui nullae omnino litterae sunt. (Humanitas is general culture and refinement: litteratura, Cic. Ph. 2, 45, 116, is falsa lectio for litterae.)