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 passive, no supine stem)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ēdiscere			—			ēdiscēns			—
perfect		ēdidicisse			—			—			—
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.