educatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ēdŭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. edŭco], a breeding, rearing, training, bringing up, education (good prose).

I Of men, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124; id. Leg. 3, 13; Quint. 1, 1, 21; 1, 2, 6; Tac. A. 3, 52; id. G. 20 et saep.—

II Transf.

A Of animals, Cic. Fin. 3, 19; id. Rosc. Am. 22 fin. ; Col. 7, 12, 11; 8, 11, 1.—

B Of plants, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; Macr. S. 1, 7.

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