edisco
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-disco: dĭdĭci, 3, v. a.,
I to learn by heart, commit to memory (class.).
I Prop.: ut non legantur modo (poetae) sed etiam ediscantur, Cic. Tusc. 2, 11, 27; cf.: haec discenda, imo ediscenda sunt, Sen. Ep. 123 fin.: Demosthenem in primis legendum vel ediscendum potius putem, Quint. 10, 1, 105: ad verbum ediscendus libellus, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135; id. de Or. 1, 34, 157: ad verbum, Quint. 11, 2, 44: Lepta ediscat Hesiodum et habeat in ore Τῆς δ ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα, Cic. Fam. 6, 18 fin.: magnum numerum versuum, * Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 3: dicta clarorum virorum, Quint. 1, 1, 36; 1, 11, 14 et saep.; cf.: De ediscendo, Quint. 2, cap. 7, —Poet.: vultus alicujus, Val. Fl. 1, 368.—
II In gen., to learn, study (so mostly poet., esp. a favorite expression of Ovid): qui istam artem (juris) non ediscant (shortly after: si quis aliam artem didicerit), Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 246: linguam, Val. Max. 8, 7 ext. 6: leges, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 5: linguas duas, id. A. A. 2, 122: ritus pios populi, id. F. 2, 546: usum (herbarum), id. M. 7, 99: artes paternas, id. ib. 2, 639: numeros modosque vitae, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 144 et saep.: cum edidicisset quemadmodum tractandum bellum foret, Liv. 23, 28: edisco tristia posse pati, Ov. H. 7, 180: edidici, quid perfida Troia pararet, i. e. have experienced, id. M. 13, 246.—Hence,
B Poet. in the perf.: edidici, I know, Tib. 2, 2, 12; Ov. Pont. 3, 7, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēdiscō,¹¹ dĭdĭcī, ĕre, tr., apprendre par cœur : Cic. Tusc. 2, 27 ; Ac. 2, 135 ; Cæs. G. 6, 14 || apprendre : Cic. de Or. 1, 246 ; Liv. 23, 28.
Latin > German (Georges)
ē-dīsco, didicī, ere, I) auswendig lernen, magnum numerum versuum, Caes.: alqd ad verbum, Cic.: poëtas, Hor.: ediscendi causā relegere, Sen. rhet. – II) übh. etwas erlernen, kennen lernen, Kenntnis von etwas erlangen, etwas erfahren, im Perf. kennen, wissen, istam artem, Cic.: (herbarum) usum, Ov.: edidici cunctos, Ov., hoc, Tibull. – mit Acc. u. Infin., bellum peti iam ediscunt, Tert. de spect. 3.
