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Latin
Etymology
From ex- (thoroughly) + discō (“I learn”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ēdiscō (present infinitive ēdiscere, perfect active ēdidicī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to learn by heart
- 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
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.