per-dŏcĕo, cui, ctum, 2, v. a.,
I to teach or instruct thoroughly (rare but class.; syn. erudio): res difficilis ad perdocendum, Cic. Sest. 44, 96: aliquem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 59: quanti istuc unum me coquitare perdoces? id. Ps. 3, 2, 85: si quid Apollo Utile mortales perdocet ore meo, Ov. R. Am. 490: homines, Lucr. 5, 1438: suam stultitiam, to betray , Quint. 1, 1, 8.—With object-clause : dignam Maeoniis Phaeacida condere chartis Cum te Pierides perdocuere tuae, Ov. P. 4, 12, 28.
II —Hence, perdoctus , a, um, P. a., very learned , very skilful (rare but class.), Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 103; Ter. Heaut. 361: homo, Cic. Balb. 27, 60: genitor, Stat. S. 5, 3, 2: exitio, Lucr. 3, 473.—Adv.: perdoctē , very skilfully (ante-class.), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 122.