instruct Copy link Outline I. To teach1. ērŭdio, 4 (to educate)2. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to train, train up, q. v.) to i. one quite uninformed in the art of speaking, aliquem omnino rudem ad dicendum ins., Cic. de Or. 2, 39, init.3. dŏceo, ēdŏceo, 24. praecĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (esp. in practical matters, as morals; also generally, in practice, as opp. to theoryII. To give directions authoritatively1. mando, 1 (with dat. and ut, ne)2. praecĭpio, 3 (same constr.)3. praescrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (whether by letter or otherwise same constr.) • instruct: I. To teach: 1. ērŭdio, 4 (to educate): to i. any one in civil law, e. aliquem in jure civili., Cic. de Or. 1, 59, extr.: also foll. by ad and acc., erudire ad majorum instituta, Cic. Verr 3, 59, 161. Join: erudire atque docere (absol.), Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156; instituere atque e., Cic. Verr l. c. 2. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to train, train up, q. v.) to i. one quite uninformed in the art of speaking, aliquem omnino rudem ad dicendum ins., Cic. de Or. 2, 39, init.: cf. supr. (2). 3. dŏceo, ēdŏceo, 2: v. to teach. 4. praecĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (esp. in practical matters, as morals; also generally, in practice, as opp. to theory: with dat. or absol.): to teach, admonish, i., docere, monere, pr., Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 5: to i. (give instructions) in eloquence, de eloquentia pr., Cic. de Or. 2, 11, extr.: cf. infr. (II.). See also to educate. (N.B.--Not instruo in this sense.) II. To give directions authoritatively: 1. mando, 1 (with dat. and ut, ne): he i.s that officer to proceed to ..., huic mandat [ut] ... adeat, Caes. B. G. 3, 11 (the ut is not unfreq. omitted, as here): with ne, to instruct ... not, Caes. B. C. 2, 13. 2. praecĭpio, 3 (same constr.): they i.'d him as to what they wished done, huic quid fieri vellent praeceperunt, Nep. Paus. 4: Sall.: Hirt. 3. praescrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (whether by letter or otherwise same constr.): for so I have i.'d them to ..., sic enim praescripsimus iis, ut ..., Cic. Fam. 13, 26: though he had been i.'d not to ..., quum ei praescriptum esset, ne ..., Cic. Att. 16, 3, fin.
INSTRUCT Copy link • INSTRUCTTo teach, etc., erudire: formare (denote education as an ideal good, and as a part of human improvement; erudire, generally, and as far as it frees from ignorance; formare, specially, and as far it prepares anybody in a particular sphere and for a particular purpose, and gives the mind a bent thereto): instituere (denotes education as a tangible good, in order to qualify for a particular employment): ☞ instruere = “to furnish with what is necessary,” must be used carefully: artes, etc., quibus instruimur ad usum forensem, etc., Cic.: Petronius, has instruimur juvenes praeceptis; Quint., aliquem scientiā alicujus rei. To give directions to an agent, etc., mandare alicui (with ut, ne, etc., or relative clause): aliquem edocere, quae agat. Vid: “to give INSTRUCTIONS.” .