condisco

con-disco, dĭdĭci, 3, v. a.

* I.

To learn with or in company with one:

ex his, qui mihi Athenis condidicere,

App. Flor. 3, n. 18, p. 362, 8.—

II.

To learn carefully, eagerly, or well, to learn thoroughly (rare but class. in prose and poetry).

(α).

With acc.:

modos,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 34:

crimen a teneris annis,

Ov. H. 4, 25: genera plausuum, *Suet. Ner. 20:

pacem oculis,

Sil. 7, 462.—Far more freq.,

(β).

With inf.:

ego istuc aliis dare condidici,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 34:

merum bibere,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 4; 4, 3, 2; id. Poen. 3, 1, 11:

mihi paulo diligentius supplicare,

Cic. Planc. 5, 13; * Quint. 1, 9, 2:

foris pasci,

Col. 7, 3, 19:

pauperiem pati,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 3.—

* (γ).

With a relative-clause:

condiscere qui pecuniae fructus esset,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12.—

B.

Transf., of inanim. subjects:

ut (flagellum) paulatim condiscat suis radicibus ali,

Col. 4, 15, 3; so id. 3, 10, 16; Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.