lesson Copy link Outline I. That which is taught or learnedII. By way of example or warningIII. A portion for readingIV. Task given to a pupil • lesson: I. That which is taught or learned: Phr.: to give l.s in rhetoric, grammar, etc., rhetoricam, grammaticam docere, Suet. Gr. 6: also praecepta (eloquentiae) tradere (i. e. to give theoretical instruction), ib. 7: to take l.s of any one, audire (magistrum), ib. 10 (v. to learn): he began to give l.s, scholam aperuit, ib. 16. See also precept, instruction, lecture. II. By way of example or warning: dŏcŭmentum: let him learn a l. from me, habeat me ipsum sibi documento, Cic. Agr. 1, fin.: an impressive l. against trusting Roman faith, insigne d. ne quis fidei Romanae confidat, Liv. 21, 19, extr. III. A portion for reading: *lectio: a book of such, *lectionarium: M. L. IV. Task given to a pupil: pensum: to attend to l.s, *pensis operam dare, in pensa incumbere: v. to attend to; devote oneself to. Lessons dictated for learning, dictata, orum: Cic. Fin. 4, 4, 10.