doceo
Latin
Etymology
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From Proto-Italic *dokeō, causative of Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdo.ke.oː/, [ˈd̪ɔkeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈd̪ɔːt͡ʃeo]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Verb
doceō (present infinitive docēre, perfect active docuī, supine doctum); second conjugation
- I teach, instruct; tell, inform; show, demonstrate
- Omnium scientiārum prīnceps, Salmantica docet. ― The University of Salamanca, first in all fields of knowledge, teaches.
- (drama) I rehearse, present on stage
Usage notes
doceo takes a double accusative to express the knowledge taught or given and who it is taught to.
Conjugation
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Descendants
- Ido: docar
References
- “doceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “doceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- doceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- everyday experience tells us this: res ipsa, usus rerum (cotidie) docet
- experience has taught me: usus me docuit
- to teach children the rudiments: pueros elementa (prima) docere
- the very facts of the case show this: res ipsa docet
- to teach an art: artem tradere, docere
- to teach some one to play a stringed instrument: docere aliquem fidibus
- to study a piece, of the actor); to get a piece played, rehearse it: fabulam docere (διδάσκειν) (of the writer) (opp. fabulam discere
- this fable teaches us (without nos): haec fabula docet
- everyday experience tells us this: res ipsa, usus rerum (cotidie) docet
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