Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 568.doceō on page 568
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docēre to teach
docēre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to teach.
Definitions for docēre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to teach
English derivatives:
docent docile document doctor doctrine indoctrinate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To tell, inform (a person of a fact, etc.). (b) (w. acc. and inf.; w. indir. qu.).
- 2
To instruct (an advocate).
- 3
To demonstrate, show (by argument or other means). (b) (w. non-personal subjs.).
- 4
To teach (a person a skill, knowledge, etc.), instruct in. (b) (w. inf.) to teach (a person to do something); (also w. indir. command). (c) (w. indir. qu.). (d) (absol.) to act as a teacher, teach.
- 5
~ere fabulam or sim., To produce a play, etc.
Sentences with docēre
Latin to English
Magister multōs puerōs docet.Compare The teacher teaches many boys.
Et docēre et rērum exquīrere causās.Compare Both to teach and to seek out the causes of things.
Dionysius, Syracusae expulsus, Corinthus puer doceo.Compare Dionysius, when expelled from Syracuse, taught boys at Corinth.
Hic doceo, doleo, necne doleo, nihil intersum.Compare Teach me this, that there is no difference, whether I am in pain or not in pain.
Conjugation table for docēre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| doceō docēs docet docēmus docētis docent | docēbam docēbās docēbat docēbāmus docēbātis docēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| docuī docuistī docuit docuimus docuistis docuērunt / docuēre | docueram docuerās docuerat docuerāmus docuerātis docuerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| docēbō docēbis docēbit docēbimus docēbitis docēbunt | docuerō docueris docuerit docuerimus docueritis docuerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| doceam doceās doceat doceāmus doceātis doceant | docērem docērēs docēret docērēmus docērētis docērent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| docuerim docueris docuerit docuerimus docueritis docuerint | docuissem docuissēs docuisset docuissēmus docuissētis docuissent |
Infinitive present docēre Infinitive perfect docuisse Infinitive future doctūrum esse | Imperative present docē docēte Imperative future docētō docētō docētōte docentō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| doceor docēris docētur docēmur docēminī docentur | docēbar docēbāris / docēbāre docēbātur docēbāmur docēbāminī docēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| doctus sum doctus es doctus est doctī sumus doctī estis doctī sunt | doctus eram doctus erās doctus erat doctī erāmus doctī erātis doctī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| docēbor docēberis / docēbere docēbitur docēbimur docēbiminī docēbuntur | doctus erō doctus eris doctus erit doctī erimus doctī eritis doctī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| docear doceāris / doceāre doceātur doceāmur doceāminī doceantur | docērer docērēris / docērēre docērētur docērēmur docērēminī docērentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| doctus sim doctus sīs doctus sit doctī sīmus doctī sītis doctī sint | doctus essem doctus essēs doctus esset doctī essēmus doctī essētis doctī essent |
Infinitive present docērī Infinitive perfect doctum esse Infinitive future doctum īrī | Imperative present docēre docēminī Imperative future docētor docētor - docentor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | docēns | docentēs |
| Gen. | docentis | docentium |
| Dat. | docentī | docentibus |
| Acc. | docentem | docentēs |
| Abl. | docente | docentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | doctūrus | doctūrī |
| Gen. | doctūrī | doctūrōrum |
| Dat. | doctūrō | doctūrīs |
| Acc. | doctūrum | doctūrōs |
| Abl. | doctūrō | doctūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | doctus | doctī |
| Gen. | doctī | doctōrum |
| Dat. | doctō | doctīs |
| Acc. | doctum | doctōs |
| Abl. | doctō | doctīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | docendus | docendī |
| Gen. | docendī | docendōrum |
| Dat. | docendō | docendīs |
| Acc. | docendum | docendōs |
| Abl. | docendō | docendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | docēre | doctum |
| Gen. | docendī | doctū |
| Dat. | docendō | |
| Acc. | docendum | |
| Abl. | docendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 52.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 568.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "doceō, docēre, docuī, doctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/doceo-docere-docui-doctum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 52.doceō, docēre, docuī, doctum on page 52
