LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

DOCĒRE

to teach is to learn twice

Hominēs dum docent discunt.

Men learn while they teach.
An ancient Roman teacher explaining a scroll to two attentive pupils, and clearly thinking deeply himself as he speaks, lamplit study

FĀBELLA

Magister discipulum docet. Sed dum docet, ipse quoque discit: nam melius intellegit id quod aliīs explicat.

  • intellegit understands
  • explicat explains