I.part. fut.: sic disciturum, etc., App. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P.), v. a. from the root da-, Gr. δεδαώς, δαῆναι; dak-, cf. doceo, doctus, Gr. διδάσκω, to learn, to learn to know, to become acquainted with, etc. (for syn. cf.: capio, percipio, concipio, comprehendo, intellego, cognosco, nosco, agnosco, animadverto, calleo, scio—very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).
(α).
With acc.: “litteras Graecas senex didici,” Cic. de Sen. 8, 26; id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29: so, “litteras,” Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22: “jus civile,” id. Mur. 9, 19; 10, 23: “litteras apud aliquem,” Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 2: “dialectica ab aliquo,” id. Ac. 2, 30, 98: “artem ab aliquo,” Quint. 3, 1, 10 et saep.: “aliquid de aliquo,” Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31: “virtutem ex me, fortunam ex aliis,” Verg. A. 12, 435; cf. Quint. 12, 8, 6 al.: “fabularum similia,” Cic. Rep. 1, 36: “artes,” id. ib. 2, 21: “palaestram,” Quint. 5, 10, 121: “affectum,” id. 1, 11, 2: “inde vocabula prima,” Lucr. 5, 1042: “elementa prima,” Hor. S. 1, 1, 26: “dulces querelas,” Lucr. 5, 1384; cf. “preces,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 133 et saep.: “me peritus Discet Iber,” Hor. C. 2, 20, 20; cf.: “quem (Augustum) didicere Vindelici,” id. ib. 4, 14, 8: “omnes crimine ab uno,” Verg. A. 2, 66 et saep.—Pass.: “dum est, unde jus civile discatur,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45; cf. “jus,” Quint. 12, 3, 9: “Crassus, quod disci potuit de jure didicit,” Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 143: “tot artibus discendis,” Quint. 12, 11, 9 et saep.—
(β).
With inf. or acc. and inf.: “pueri qui nare discunt,” Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: “rapere et clepere,” Cic. Rep. 4, 5 (ap. Non. 20, 15): “Latine loqui,” Sall. J. 101, 6: “nobis ignoscere,” Quint. 11, 2, 45: “assem in partes diducere,” Hor. A. P. 326: “bene ferre magnam fortunam,” id. C. 3, 27, 75 et saep.: “bene ubi quod consilium discimus accidisse, etc.,” Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 15: “discit, Litavicum ad sollicitandos Haeduos profectum,” Caes. B. G. 7, 54: “animadverti et didici ex tuis litteris te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut, etc.,” Cic. Fam. 3, 5; id. Ac. 2, 30 fin.: “deos didici securum agere aevum,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 101 et saep.—
(γ).
With relat. clause: “plures discent, quemadmodum haec fiant, quam quemadmodum his resistatur,” Cic. Lael. 12, 41: “quantum in Etruria belli esset,” Liv. 10, 25: “patriae quid debeat, etc.,” Hor. A. P. 312 et saep.—
(δ).
Absol.: “disces tu quidem a principe hujus aetatis philosophorum, et disces quamdiu voles,” Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2: “didicit,” i. e. oratory, id. Brut. 71, 249; Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; Quint. 1, 12, 14 al.: “discendi aut visendi causa maria transmittere,” Cic. Rep. 1, 3; so, “discendi causa,” id. ib. 1, 10; id. Off. 2, 1, 4; Caes. B. G. 6, 13 fin. al.: “se ita a patribus majoribusque suis didicisse, ut, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 6. —Ellipt.: “discebant fidibus antiqui, sc. canere,” Cic. de Sen. 8 fin. (cf.: “docere fidibus,” Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3: “scire fidibus,” Ter. Eun. 1, 5, 53).—
b. Transf., of inanimate subjects: “manus,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 159: “nec varios discet mentiri lana colores,” Verg. E. 4, 42: “arbores,” Plin. H. N. 16 prooem.—
