ē-rŭdĭo — Lewis & Short
ē-rŭdĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., qs. to free from roughness, i. e.
I to polish, educate, instruct, teach (freq. and class.; cf.: doceo, edoceo, praecipio, instituo).
I Prop.:
studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156:
aliquem,id. Div. 2, 2 (with docere); id. de Or. 3, 9, 35 (with instituere); id. ib. 2, 1, 12; Quint. prooem. § 1;
6 et saep.: filios ad majorum instituta (with instituere),Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 26:
aliquem artibus,id. Fam. 1, 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 19, 34:
eum ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum erudiit,id. ib. 2, 21, 37:
aliquem in jure civili,id. de Or. 1, 59 fin.; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With two acc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
aliquem leges praeceptaque belli,Stat. Th. 10, 507; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 50; v. also under P. a.: aliquem, with an object-clause, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149; cf.
without aliquem,Ov. F. 3, 820; Sil. 11, 352.—With a rel.-clause as object:
qua possint arte capi,Ov. F. 3, 294:
tirones neque in ludo, neque per lanistas,i. e. to cause to be instructed, Suet. Caes. 26:
gladiatores sub eodem magistro eruditi,Quint. 2, 17, 33:
Athenas erudiendi gratia missus,Just. 17, 3, 11;
once: aliquem de aliqua re, Cic.: obviae mihi velim sint tuae litterae, quae me erudiant de omni re publica,instruct me, keep me informed of, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
II Transf., of objects not personal:
artes,Ov. M. 8, 215:
ut flerent, oculos erudiere suos,id. R. Am. 690; id. Am. 1, 14, 30:
Polycletus consummasse hanc scientiam judicatur et toreuticen sic erudisse, ut Phidias aperuisse,to have cultivated, brought to perfection, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56.— Hence, ērŭdītus, a, um, P. a., learned, accomplished, well-informed, skilled, experienced (cf.: litteratus, doctus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).
A Prop.:
est non satis politus iis artibus, quas qui tenent eruditi appellantur,Cic. Fin. 1, 7 fin.:
Graeculus otiosus et loquax, et fortasse doctus atque eruditus,id. de Or. 1, 22, 102:
semper mihi et doctrina et eruditi homines placuerunt,id. Rep. 1, 17 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 3:
nec sicut vulgus sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem,id. Lael. 2, 6; cf.
opp. rusticus,Quint. 11, 1, 45; 8, 6, 75 et saep.:
non transmarinis nec importatis artibus eruditi, sed genuinis domesticisque virtutibus,Cic. Rep. 2, 15 fin.:
homines non litteris ad rei militaris scientiam, sed rebus gestis ac victoriis eruditos,id. Font. 15, 33; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 fin.; cf. id. Brut. 67, 236; id. Arch. 7; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23 al.:
eruditi Socraticis disputationibus,id. de Or. 3, 34, 139:
a pueris eruditi artibus militiae,Liv. 42, 52 et saep.; cf. in the comp.:
litteris eruditior quam Curio,Cic. Brut. 82; and in the sup.:
Scaevola, homo omnium et disciplina juris civilis eruditissimus,id. de Or. 1, 39, 180.— With acc.:
Graecas res eruditi,Gell. 2, 21, 3; cf. id. 19, 12, 9.—With inf.:
eruditus utilia honestis miscere,Tac. Agr. 8.—
B Transf., of inanimate and abstract subjects:
quod ceteri minus eruditis hominum seculis fuerunt,Cic. Rep. 2, 10:
tempora (with docti homines),id. ib.:
aures,id. ib. 2, 42; id. Or. 34, 119; Quint. 10, 1, 32:
animus,Cic. Fam. 5, 14: oratio (opp. popularis), id. Par. prooem. § 4; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 17; 8, 6, 24 al.:
Graecorum copia,fulness of Greek learning, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7: palata, i. e. practised, fine (with docta), Col. 8, 16, 4; cf.
gustus,Tac. A. 16, 18.—In neutr. with a subject-clause:
ex historia ducere urbanitatem, eruditum est,Quint. 6, 3, 98; cf.:
eruditissimum longe, si, etc.,id. 9, 2, 97.— Adv.: ērŭdītē, learnedly, eruditely.— Comp., Cic. de Sen. 1 fin.; Quint. 1, 5, 36.— Sup., Cic. Or. 52; Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 8.