edisco

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (thoroughly) ‎ discō (“I learn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈdis.koː/, [eːˈd̪ɪs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdis.ko/, [eˈd̪isko]

Verb

ēdiscō (present infinitive ēdiscere, perfect active ēdidicī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to learn by heart
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.14:

     Magnum ibi numerum versuum ēdiscere dīcuntur.

     They are said there to learn by heart a great number of verses.

2. to study, get acquainted with a subject
   • 2 CE, Ovid, The Art of Love 2.121–122:

     Nec levis ingenuās pectus coluisse per artēs
     cūra sit et linguās ēdidicisse duās.

     Nor let it be a light care to have cultivated your soul in the liberal arts and to have studied the two languages.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēdiscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēdiscō	ēdiscis	ēdiscit	ēdiscimus	ēdiscitis	ēdiscunt
	imperfect	ēdiscēbam	ēdiscēbās	ēdiscēbat	ēdiscēbāmus	ēdiscēbātis	ēdiscēbant
	future	ēdiscam	ēdiscēs	ēdiscet	ēdiscēmus	ēdiscētis	ēdiscent
	perfect	ēdidicī	ēdidicistī	ēdidicit	ēdidicimus	ēdidicistis	ēdidicērunt, ēdidicēre
	pluperfect	ēdidiceram	ēdidicerās	ēdidicerat	ēdidicerāmus	ēdidicerātis	ēdidicerant
	future perfect	ēdidicerō	ēdidiceris	ēdidicerit	ēdidicerimus	ēdidiceritis	ēdidicerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēdiscam	ēdiscās	ēdiscat	ēdiscāmus	ēdiscātis	ēdiscant
	imperfect	ēdiscerem	ēdiscerēs	ēdisceret	ēdiscerēmus	ēdiscerētis	ēdiscerent
	perfect	ēdidicerim	ēdidicerīs	ēdidicerit	ēdidicerīmus	ēdidicerītis	ēdidicerint
	pluperfect	ēdidicissem	ēdidicissēs	ēdidicisset	ēdidicissēmus	ēdidicissētis	ēdidicissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēdisce	—	—	ēdiscite	—
	future	—	ēdiscitō	ēdiscitō	—	ēdiscitōte	ēdiscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēdiscere	ēdidicisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ēdiscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēdiscendī	ēdiscendō	ēdiscendum	ēdiscendō	—	—

References

• “edisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “edisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• edisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.