verb transitive

dē-dŏcĕo

2nd PP dē-dŏcēre · conj. 2nd

to cause; to unlearn; to unteach, teach the opposite of

v. a., to cause one to unlearn something, to unteach, teach the opposite of (rare, but class.).

With double acc.: aliquem geometriam, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: regnorum gaudia… •

With double acc.: aliquem geometriam, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: regnorum gaudia temet, Stat. Th. 2, 409.—*

With acc. pers. and inf.: (virtus) populum falsis Dedocet uti Vocibus, Hor. Od.… •

With acc. pers. and inf.: (virtus) populum falsis Dedocet uti Vocibus, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 20.—

Pass.: cum aut docendus is est aut dedocendus, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72: cum a… ••

Pass.: cum aut docendus is est aut dedocendus, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72: cum a Zenone fortis esse didicisset, a dolore dedoctus est, id. Tusc. 2, 25, 60. In the gerund absol.: onus dedocendi gravius quam docendi, Quint. 2, 3, 2: ut coercendi magis quam dedocendi esse videantur, id. Fin. 1, 16, 51.

Perseus ID: n12629 Key: dedoceo