edisco

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to learn by heart
  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.
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