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ad-disco , dĭdĭci, no
I.sup., 3, v. a.
I. To learn in addition to, to learn further: “Quid? qui etiam addiscunt aliquid? ut Solonem versibus gloriantem videmus, qui se cotidie aliquid addiscentem senem fieri dicit,” Cic. de Sen. 8, 26; so id. Fin. 5, 29; id. de Or. 3, 36; Ov. M. 3, 593 al. (cf. addocere, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 18).—
II. In gen., to learn, to be informed, to hear: “quos cum venire rex addidicisset, in fugam vertitur,” Just. 2, 3, 13.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.593
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.36
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.29
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