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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• learn:
    1. I. To gain knowledge or skill from teaching:
      1. 1. disco, dĭdĭci, 3: usu. foll. by direct acc.: Cic.. Caes.: by infin., to learn to speak Latin, Latine loqui d., Sall. Jug. 101: Cic.: with ellipsis of inf., to l. to play the lute, fidibus d., Cic. Sen. 8, extr.: also by rel. clause: v. infr. Comps. (1). condisco, 3 (to l. thoroughly: less freq.): Cic.: Col. Ov. (2). ēdisco, 3 (to l. by heart): to l. by rote a great number of lines, magnum numerum versuum e., Caes. B. G. 6, 14: Cic.: also, to l. thoroughly: e. g., quemadmodum tractandum bellum foret, how the war would require to be carried on, Liv. 23, 28. (3). addisco, 3 (to l. in addition).: to l. something new every day, quotidie aliquid ad., Cic. Sen. 8, 26: to l. (another) language, sermonem, e. g. Germanicum ad., Suet. Cal. 47: sometimes appy. = simple verb; e. g. Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86, Q. Volucius puer addidicerat (sc. artem). (4). dēdisco, 3 (to l. not to do something): v. to unlearn. (5). praedisco, 3 (to l. beforehand): Cic.: Virg. (6). perdisco, 3 (to l. thoroughly): Cic.: Tib.
      2. 2. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (from a teacher): to l. quickly what one is taught, quae traduntur celeriter a., Nep. Att. 1: to be l.'d (acquired by art as distinguished from natural gifts), arte accipi, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114. Phr.: to l. a lesson from the experience of others, periculum ex aliis facere [tibi quod ex usu siet], Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36: believe one who has l.'d from experience, experto crede, Virg. Aen. 11, 283.
    2. II. To get information, become aware:
      1. 1. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3: v. to ascertain.
      2. 2. disco, 3 (less freq. in this sense): foll. by acc. and inf., or rel. clause: he l.s that Litavicus had set out, discit Litavicum profectum (esse), Caes. B. G. 7, 54: Cic. (Edisco in this sense, poet.: Ov.)
      3. 3. audio, 4: v. to hear (V.).
      4. 4. certior fīo: v. to inform (II.).
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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v. discere (general term): ☞ ediscere, in this sense is poetical: cognoscere (to endeavor to gain an insight into): to learn by heart, ad verbum ediscere (librum, versus, etc.); memoriae mandare, tradere, infigere: to learn an art, a language, etc., artem, linguam, etc., discere (☞ not ediscere): to learn accurately or thoroughly, peruiscere: to be still learning (in addition), addiscere (☞ never = to learn): to learn quickly, celeriter arripere aliquid: to learn slowly, tarde percipere aliquid: to learn anything from or of anyone, discere aliquid ab aliquo or apud aliquem: to be quick at learning, facilem cognitionem habere; facilem esse addiscendum: to have learnt anything, aliquid didicisse, aliquid cognitum or perceptum habere (to have attained a knowledge of); doctum esse aliquid (to have been taught anything): I never leave you without having learned something, numquam accedo, quin abs te doctior abeam. ☞ To learn, followed by an infinitive when employed as an expletive, is frequently omitted in Latin; as, he did this that they might learn to fear him, fecit hoc, ut euin revererentur.