teach Copy link Outline 1. dŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (with double acc., or with one of them omitted2. ērŭdio, 4 (to render one polished by instruction, to instruct3. instruo, xi, ctum, 34. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to t. by a course of training)5. ēdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. thoroughly, inform6. perdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. thoroughly rare)7. condŏcēfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to t. or train together8. addŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. in addition9. subdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. as an assistant)10. dēdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. the contrary, unteach)11. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (also transdo12. praecĭpio, cēpi, ceptum (to give precepts, to t. by rule)13. prōfĭteor, fessus, 2 (to t. publicly. t. as an art) • teach: 1. dŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (with double acc., or with one of them omitted: with one acc. in pass.: with acc. and infin.: also ellipt. with abl.): to t. some one an art, d. aliquem artem, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 216: to t. boys the A B C, d. pueros elementa, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 17: to t. those desirous of learning, studiosos discendi d., Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156: she delights to be taught the dances of Ionia, motus doceri gaudet Ionicos, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 21: I envy your teacher who for such high pay t.s you to know nothing, invideo magistro tuo qui te tanta mercede nihil sapere doceat, Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8: he taught Socrates the lyre, Socratem fidibus (sc. canere) docuit, id. Fam. 9, 22, 3: to t. the use of horse and arms, d. equo armisque (sc. uti), Liv. 29, 1: Tyrannio t.s in my house, Tyrannio docet apud me, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2. 2. ērŭdio, 4 (to render one polished by instruction, to instruct: constr. with acc. of the person and abl. of the thing, with or without the prep. in: sometimes, as in the poets, with double acc. or a clause): to t. youth by labours, laboribus e. juventutem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34: gladiators taught under the same master, gladiatores sub eodem magistro eruditi, Quint. 2, 17, 33: to t. any one the arts, e. aliquem artibus, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 11: to t. any one civil law, e. aliquem in jure civili, id. de Or. 1, 59, 253: prosperity, adversity has taught me, secundae, adversae res me erudierunt, Liv. 30, 30: philosophy has taught us to aspire to greatness of soul, philosophia nos ad magnitudinem animi erudivit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64: she has taught thee the laws, te leges erudiit, Stat. Theb. 10, 507: she teaches by what means they may be caught, qua possint erudit arte capi, Ov. F. 3, 294. Join: docere atque e., Cic. Div. 2, 2, 4; e. atque docere, id. Off. 1, 44, 156. 3. instruo, xi, ctum, 3: the arts by which we are taught, artes quibus instruimur, Cic. Coel. 30, 72: it seems that he must be taught the knowledge of things, notitia rerum instruendus videtur, Quint. 4, 2, 24: v. instruct, inform. 4. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to t. by a course of training): Socrates when quite old was not ashamed to be taught the lyre, Socrates jam senex institui lyra (sc. canere) non erubescebat, Quint. 1, 10, 13: to t. one to speak, i. aliquem ad dicendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162: to t. one's mind to think, i. animum ad cogitandum, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 10: is it thus you t. young men? sic tu i. adolescentes? Cic. Coel. 17, 39: he was the first to t. agriculture to speak Latin, agricolationem primus Latine loqui instituit, Col. 1, 1, 12. Join: i. atque erudire, Cic. Verr. 3, 69, 161: v. train. 5. ēdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. thoroughly, inform: constr. with double acc.; in pass. with acc. of the thing, or a clause): those whom he had taught what he wished to be said, hi quos edocuerat, quae dici vellet, Caes. B. G. 7, 38: the king being at last taught that there were gods, rex edoctus tandem deos esse, Liv. 29, 18, ad init.: the system in which he had been taught, disciplina in qua erat edoctus, id. 24, 4 (where the latest edd. read eductus): v. inform. 6. perdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. thoroughly rare): taught by experience itself, usu ipso perdoctus, Cic. Balb. 27, 60: Quint.: Ov. 7. condŏcēfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to t. or train together: rare) to t. brutes, c. belluas, Cic. N. D. 2. 64. 161: to t. one's mind to be able to despise those things, c. animum ut ea possit contemnere, id. Tusc. 5, 31, 87. 8. addŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. in addition: very rare: dub. in Cic.): tipsiness t.s the arts in addition, ebrietas addocet artes, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 18. 9. subdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. as an assistant): that they should be taught by my labour as an assistant-teacher, meo labore subdoceri, Cic. Att. 8, 4: to be assistant-teacher to a grammarian, s. grammatico, Aug. Conf. 8, 6, ad init. 10. dēdŏceo, cui, ctum, 2 (to t. the contrary, unteach): she t.s them not to use false terms, falsis d. vocibus uti, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 20: they must be restrained rather than taught the contrary, coercendi magis quam dedocendi, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 51. 11. trādo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (also transdo: to t. by handing down, to deliver by t.ing); to t. the rudiments of speaking, t. elementa dicendi, Cic. Acad. 2, 28, 92: to t. the rudiments of trades and crafts, operum atque artificiorum initia t., Caes. B. G. 6, 17: they t. many things concerning the heavenly bodies, multa de sideribus transdunt, id. B. G. 6, 14, extr.: to t. men virtue, t. virtutem hominibus, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 248. Join: t. et docere, id. Fin. 4, 4, 9. 12. praecĭpio, cēpi, ceptum (to give precepts, to t. by rule): to t. the art of swimming, p. artem nandi, Ov. Tr. 2, 486 justice t.s us to spare all, justitia praecipit parcere omnibus, Cic. Rep. 3, 12: to t. young men, p. juvenibus, Suet. Gram. 10: t. me a mournful song, praecipe lugubres cantus, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 2. to t. respecting eloquence, p. de eloquentia, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 48: I readily grant that they lived as they t., ut praeceperint, ita vixisse, facile concesserim, Quint. 1, prooem. 15. Join. p. et docere Cic. Rep. 1, 46. 13. prōfĭteor, fessus, 2 (to t. publicly. t. as an art): to t. philosophy, p. philosophiam, Cic. Pis. 29, 71: he was removed to Sicily, where he now t.s, translatus est in Siciliam, ubi nunc profitetur, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, ad fin.