edisco
τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind
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.
Latin > English
edisco ediscere, edidici, - V :: learn by heart; commit to memory; study; get to know
