Latin

Verb

doceō ‎(present infinitive docēre, perfect active docuī, supine doctum); second conjugation

1. I teach, instruct; tell, inform; show, demonstrate

   Omnium scientiarum princeps, Salmantica docet.‎

   The University of Salamanca, first in all fields of knowledge, teaches.

2. (drama) I rehearse, present on stage

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• docilitās
• doctrīna
• doctrīnālis
• doctrīx

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “doceo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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