discis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →disco, discere, didici, discitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
learn; hear, get to know, become acquainted with; acquire knowledge/skill of/in;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →discus, disci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
disk/disc; discus; disk-shaped object; dish; gong; form of sundial; dial; CD;; paten (Greek rite); high table (Latham); measure (grain/salt/ale/ore); tray;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...diserte dicere, studiosus audiendi: ex hoc enim facillime disci arbitrabatur. Itaque cum in circulum venisset..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...domum. CLXIV Discus. Splendida cum volitant Spartani pondera disci, Este procul, pueri: sit semel ille nocens. CLXV Cithara..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quando' inquis 'tibi proderit istud quod in exitu discis, aut in quam rem?' In hanc, ut exeam melior..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Ideo illi cotidie clamo: "Primigeni, crede mihi, quicquid discis, tibi discis. Vides Phileronem causidicum: si non didicisset, hodie..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...hilaris iuxta, tua numina, Parcas et uice concordi discis uentura docesque? an tibi felices lucos miseratus Auerni rector..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...suco pinguis olivi splendescunt latique ineunt certamina disci. quem prius aerias libratum Phoebus in auras misit et oppositas..."Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...pugnam natos lacertos levitate iaculi aut iactu disci vanescere, sic nunc te ab auditoriis et theatris in forum..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...velles periculosum, quod nolles miserum esset. Quid tunc disci potuit, quid didicisse iuvit, cum senatus aut ad otium..."
