edisco
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (thoroughly) + discō (“I learn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈdis.koː/, [eːˈdɪs.koː]
Verb
ēdiscō (present infinitive ēdiscere, perfect active ēdidicī); third conjugation, no passive
- I learn by heart
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.14:
- Magnum ibi numerum versuum ediscere dicuntur.
- They are said there to learn by heart a great number of verses.
- Magnum ibi numerum versuum ediscere dicuntur.
- I commit to memory
Inflection
| Conjugation of edisco (third conjugation, 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 | ēdidicerimus | ēdidiceritis | 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 | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| ēdiscere | ēdiscendī | ēdiscendō | ēdiscendum | — | — | ||
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