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ē-rŭdĭo , īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., qs. to free from roughness, i. e.
I.to polish, educate, instruct, teach (freq. and class.; cf.: doceo, edoceo, praecipio, instituo).
I. Prop.: “studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156: “aliquem,id. Div. 2, 2 (with docere); id. de Or. 3, 9, 35 (with instituere); id. ib. 2, 1, 12; Quint. prooem. § 1; “6 et saep.: filios ad majorum instituta (with instituere),Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 26: “aliquem artibus,id. Fam. 1, 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 19, 34: “eum ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum erudiit,id. ib. 2, 21, 37: “aliquem in jure civili,id. de Or. 1, 59 fin.; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With two acc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “aliquem leges praeceptaque belli,Stat. Th. 10, 507; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 50; v. also under P. a.: aliquem, with an object-clause, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149; cf. “without aliquem,Ov. F. 3, 820; Sil. 11, 352.—With a rel.-clause as object: “qua possint arte capi,Ov. F. 3, 294: “tirones neque in ludo, neque per lanistas,” i. e. to cause to be instructed, Suet. Caes. 26: “gladiatores sub eodem magistro eruditi,Quint. 2, 17, 33: “Athenas erudiendi gratia missus,Just. 17, 3, 11; “once: aliquem de aliqua re, Cic.: obviae mihi velim sint tuae litterae, quae me erudiant de omni re publica,instruct me, keep me informed of, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
II. Transf., of objects not personal: “artes,Ov. M. 8, 215: “ut flerent, oculos erudiere suos,id. R. Am. 690; id. Am. 1, 14, 30: “Polycletus consummasse hanc scientiam judicatur et toreuticen sic erudisse, ut Phidias aperuisse,to have cultivated, brought to perfection, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56.— Hence, ērŭdītus , a, um, P. a., learned, accomplished, well-informed, skilled, experienced (cf.: litteratus, doctus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).
B. Transf., of inanimate and abstract subjects: “quod ceteri minus eruditis hominum seculis fuerunt,Cic. Rep. 2, 10: “tempora (with docti homines),id. ib.: “aures,id. ib. 2, 42; id. Or. 34, 119; Quint. 10, 1, 32: “animus,Cic. Fam. 5, 14: oratio (opp. popularis), id. Par. prooem. § 4; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 17; 8, 6, 24 al.: “Graecorum copia,fulness of Greek learning, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7: palata, i. e. practised, fine (with docta), Col. 8, 16, 4; cf. “gustus,Tac. A. 16, 18.—In neutr. with a subject-clause: “ex historia ducere urbanitatem, eruditum est,Quint. 6, 3, 98; cf.: “eruditissimum longe, si, etc.,id. 9, 2, 97.— Adv.: ērŭdītē , learnedly, eruditely.Comp., Cic. de Sen. 1 fin.; Quint. 1, 5, 36.— Sup., Cic. Or. 52; Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 8.
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