doceo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dokeō, from earlier *dokejō, causative of Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “I expect, suppose, seem”) and Ancient Greek δέχομαι (dékhomai, “I accept, receive”). The sense "rehearse, present on stage" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to teach, instruct; tell, inform; show, demonstrate
    Synonyms: īnstruō, discō, ēdūcō, ērudiō, ēdoceō, imbuō, magistrō, fingō
    Omnium scientiārum prīnceps, Salmantica docet. ― The University of Salamanca, first in all fields of knowledge, teaches.
  2. (drama) to rehearse, present on stage

Usage notes

The verb doceō takes a double accusative to express both the knowledge taught or given and to whom it is taught.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of doceō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present doceō docēs docet docēmus docētis docent
imperfect docēbam docēbās docēbat docēbāmus docēbātis docēbant
future docēbō docēbis docēbit docēbimus docēbitis docēbunt
perfect docuī docuistī docuit docuimus docuistis docuērunt,
docuēre
pluperfect docueram docuerās docuerat docuerāmus docuerātis docuerant
future perfect docuerō docueris docuerit docuerimus docueritis docuerint
passive present doceor docēris,
docēre		 docētur docēmur docēminī docentur
imperfect docēbar docēbāris,
docēbāre		 docēbātur docēbāmur docēbāminī docēbantur
future docēbor docēberis,
docēbere		 docēbitur docēbimur docēbiminī docēbuntur
perfect doctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect doctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect doctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present doceam doceās doceat doceāmus doceātis doceant
imperfect docērem docērēs docēret docērēmus docērētis docērent
perfect docuerim docuerīs docuerit docuerīmus docuerītis docuerint
pluperfect docuissem docuissēs docuisset docuissēmus docuissētis docuissent
passive present docear doceāris,
doceāre		 doceātur doceāmur doceāminī doceantur
imperfect docērer docērēris,
docērēre		 docērētur docērēmur docērēminī docērentur
perfect doctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect doctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — docē — — docēte —
future — docētō docētō — docētōte docentō
passive present — docēre — — docēminī —
future — docētor docētor — — docentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives docēre docuisse doctūrum esse docērī doctum esse doctum īrī
participles docēns — doctūrus — doctus docendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
docendī docendō docendum docendō doctum doctū

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Occitan: dozer
  • Old French: duire, doire (homophone for duire 'lead' < dūcere)
    • French: duire (archaic or regional (Normandy))
  • → Ido: docar

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
  • doceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “docere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 111
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