train (v.) Copy link Outline I. To educate1. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 32. fingo, finxi, fictum, 33. condŏcĕfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to t. together)4. condŏceo, 2 (rare)II. To exercise, drill, prepare for a race or struggleIII. To habituate • train (v.): I. To educate: 1. instĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3: to t. any one in speaking, i. aliquem ad dicendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 39: to t. a hound to follow scent, i. canem vestigia sequi, Sen. Clement. 1, 16. 2. fingo, finxi, fictum, 3: he t.s the horse to go, fingit equum ire viam, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 64: Ter. 3. condŏcĕfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (to t. together): to t. beasts, c. belluas, Cic. N. D. 2, 64, 161: to t. the mind, c. animum, id. Tusc. 5, 31, 87. 4. condŏceo, 2 (rare): Hirt.: Plaut. II. To exercise, drill, prepare for a race or struggle: exerceo, 2: to t. youth, juventutem e., Caes. B. G. 6, 213: they t. themselves to run, e. se ad cursuram, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 5: refl.: athletes are t.ing, exercentur athletae, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 56. Fig.: to t. the memory, exercendae memoriae causa, id. de Sen. 11, 38. Trained: exercĭtātus: Lit., Caes.: Fig., Cic.: Quint. III. To habituate: assuēfăcio, fēci, factum, 3 (with abl.): to t. to arms, a. armis, Cic. Brut. 2, 7: Caes. (with dat.): Liv.: Tac.: Plin.: they t. horses to stand quite still, equos eodem remanere vestigio a., Caes. B. G. 4, 2: v. accustom.