understand
understand
v. trans.
P. and V. μανθά̆νειν, ἐπᾱΐειν, σῠνῑέναι (acc. or gen.), ἐννοεῖν (or mid.), ὑ̆πολαμβά̆νειν (Eur. I A. 523, but rare V.), P. καταλαμβάνειν, καταμανθάνειν, κατανοεῖν, συννοεῖν ; see grasp.
Take, interpret (in a certain sense): P. ἐκλαμβάνειν, ὑπολαμβάνειν.
Supply in thought: P. προσυπακούειν.
Easy to understand, adj.: P. and V. εὐμᾰθής (Xen.), σᾰφής, V. εὔσημος, εὐσύμβολος, εὐσύμβλητος, σῠνετός ; see intelligible.
v. trans.
P. and V. μανθά̆νειν, ἐπᾱΐειν, σῠνῑέναι (acc. or gen.), ἐννοεῖν (or mid.), ὑ̆πολαμβά̆νειν (Eur. I A. 523, but rare V.), P. καταλαμβάνειν, καταμανθάνειν, κατανοεῖν, συννοεῖν ; see grasp.
Take, interpret (in a certain sense): P. ἐκλαμβάνειν, ὑπολαμβάνειν.
Supply in thought: P. προσυπακούειν.
Easy to understand, adj.: P. and V. εὐμᾰθής (Xen.), σᾰφής, V. εὔσημος, εὐσύμβολος, εὐσύμβλητος, σῠνετός ; see intelligible.
UNDERSTAND
To take in to comprehend accipere (to take in grasp with the mind): intelligere (the proper word; anything aliquid; and also intelligere aliquem to appreciate anybody’s character motives or method of acting; opposed to aliquem ignorare; e.g. parum Socrates ab hominibus sui temporis intelligebatur was not understood by): comprehendere amplecti or complecti with or without mente (to comprehend form a notion of): percipere (to perceive). To understand imperfectly aliquid parum accipere or minus intelligere: to understand thoroughly penitus intelligere aliquid: to understand a writer scriptorem intelligere: scriptoris cogitationem assequi et voluntatem interpretari: he who fixes his attention on a writer’s own statements understands him far better than he who etc. multo propius ad scriptoris voluntatem accedit qui ex ipsius eam litteris interpretatur quam ille qui etc.: as far as I understand quantum ego video or intelligo: do you understand what he says? num intelligis quod hic narret? I understand teneo: intelligo: dictum puta: I do not understand you nescio quid velis: what am I to understand by this? quid hoc sibi vult? quorsum hoc dicis? to give to understand alicui aliquid significare: to understand by (i.e. to attach such or such a notion to) intelligere with a double accusative; e.g. quem intelligimus divitem (Cic.) whom we understand by a rich man; quid hoc loco honestum intelligit (Cic.)? what do we understand by moral good? or intelligi velle with a double accusative; or dicere with a double accusative; ☞ not intelligere aliquid sub aliqua re or per aliquid which modern writers have sometimes employed in this sense. What are we to understand by this word? sub hac voce quae subjicienda est sententia? quae res subjicienda est huic nomini? to understand by (i.e. to mean to intend) dicere: significare (with a double accusative; e.g. eum enim significari murum ligneum Nep.); ☞ not intelligere.
To have a knowledge of to be skilled or versed in aliquid intelligere (to have a clear insight into or acquaintance with; e.g. multas linguas): scire aliquid or with an infinitive (to have a clear distinct knowledge of anything): instructum esse aliqua re or ab aliqua re: doctum or eruditum esse aliqua re: alicujus rei non ignarum esse: peritum esse alicujus rei: not to understand aliquid nescire or ignorare: alicujus rei ignarum esse: to understand Latin Latine scire: doctum esse Latinis litteris: Latinae linguae peritum esse: to understand Greek as well as Latin parem esse in Graecae et Latinae linguae facultate: nec minus Graece quam Latine doctum esse.
To supply in thought (opposed to express) intelligere: simul audire (of a reader; cum subtractum verbum aliquod satis ex ceteris intelligitur ut Caelius in Antonium “stupere gaudio Graecus ” simul enim auditur “coepit” = coepit is understood Quint.): intelligi or audiri velle (of a writer; hoc nomine donarunt ea quae non dicunt verum intelligi volunt Quint.) ☞ in this sense subaudire and subintelligere are not classical; supplere is not Latin.
To take in to comprehend accipere (to take in grasp with the mind): intelligere (the proper word; anything aliquid; and also intelligere aliquem to appreciate anybody’s character motives or method of acting; opposed to aliquem ignorare; e.g. parum Socrates ab hominibus sui temporis intelligebatur was not understood by): comprehendere amplecti or complecti with or without mente (to comprehend form a notion of): percipere (to perceive). To understand imperfectly aliquid parum accipere or minus intelligere: to understand thoroughly penitus intelligere aliquid: to understand a writer scriptorem intelligere: scriptoris cogitationem assequi et voluntatem interpretari: he who fixes his attention on a writer’s own statements understands him far better than he who etc. multo propius ad scriptoris voluntatem accedit qui ex ipsius eam litteris interpretatur quam ille qui etc.: as far as I understand quantum ego video or intelligo: do you understand what he says? num intelligis quod hic narret? I understand teneo: intelligo: dictum puta: I do not understand you nescio quid velis: what am I to understand by this? quid hoc sibi vult? quorsum hoc dicis? to give to understand alicui aliquid significare: to understand by (i.e. to attach such or such a notion to) intelligere with a double accusative; e.g. quem intelligimus divitem (Cic.) whom we understand by a rich man; quid hoc loco honestum intelligit (Cic.)? what do we understand by moral good? or intelligi velle with a double accusative; or dicere with a double accusative; ☞ not intelligere aliquid sub aliqua re or per aliquid which modern writers have sometimes employed in this sense. What are we to understand by this word? sub hac voce quae subjicienda est sententia? quae res subjicienda est huic nomini? to understand by (i.e. to mean to intend) dicere: significare (with a double accusative; e.g. eum enim significari murum ligneum Nep.); ☞ not intelligere.
To have a knowledge of to be skilled or versed in aliquid intelligere (to have a clear insight into or acquaintance with; e.g. multas linguas): scire aliquid or with an infinitive (to have a clear distinct knowledge of anything): instructum esse aliqua re or ab aliqua re: doctum or eruditum esse aliqua re: alicujus rei non ignarum esse: peritum esse alicujus rei: not to understand aliquid nescire or ignorare: alicujus rei ignarum esse: to understand Latin Latine scire: doctum esse Latinis litteris: Latinae linguae peritum esse: to understand Greek as well as Latin parem esse in Graecae et Latinae linguae facultate: nec minus Graece quam Latine doctum esse.
To supply in thought (opposed to express) intelligere: simul audire (of a reader; cum subtractum verbum aliquod satis ex ceteris intelligitur ut Caelius in Antonium “stupere gaudio Graecus ” simul enim auditur “coepit” = coepit is understood Quint.): intelligi or audiri velle (of a writer; hoc nomine donarunt ea quae non dicunt verum intelligi volunt Quint.) ☞ in this sense subaudire and subintelligere are not classical; supplere is not Latin.
understand:
I. Comprehend, take in with mind:
1. intellĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3: I wish your plan to be developed, that I may u. it thoroughly, explicari consilium volo, ut penitus intelligam, Cic. Att. 8. 12: to u. great things from small, magna ex parvis intelligere, id. Off. 1, 41, 146.
2. comprehendo, di, sum, 3: to u. with mind, comprehendere animo, id. N. D. 3, 25, 64.
3. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3: to u. what a happy and immortal nature is, capere quae sit et beata natura et aeterna, ib. 1, 19, 49.
4. complector, plexus, 3: that you may u. the whole system, ut totum genus complectamini, id. Verr. 2, 12, 32.
5. amplector, 3: if the judge shall fail to u., si judex non amplectetur, Cic. Acad. 4, 8, 26.
6. perspicio, spexi, spectum, 3 (see thoroughly, make oneself master of a subject): I charge you to u. the whole, totum ... mando tibi ut perspicias, id. Att. 1, 12, 2: argument from things understood to what was not understood, ratio ex rebus perceptis ad id quod non percipiebatur, id. Acad. l. c.
7. tĕneo, ui, tentum, 2: Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 59: Cic. Fam. 6. 7.
8. scĭo, īvi, 4: that the Athenians understood what was right, scire quae recta essent, id. Sen. 18, 64: that all are able to speak on that which they u., omnes in eo quod scirent esse eloquentes, id. de Or. 1. 14, 63. In respect of a language or an art: to u. Latin, scire Latine, id. Brut. 37. 140: u.ing (skilful in using) the harp, citharae sciens, Hor. Od. 3, 9, 10.
9. nōvi, perf. of nosco: to know superficially: he u.s everything, omnia novit, Juv. 3, 77.
10. săpio, īvi, and ĭi, 3: to have taste or perception. Join: intelligere et sapere, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48: when he first began to u., quum primum sapere coepit, id. Fam. 14, 1.
11. accipio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to receive as true): things which I scarcely u.stood, quae parum accepi, id. N. D. 3, 1, 4.
12. căpesso, īvi. ītum, 3: Gell. 12, 1, 11.
13. sentio, si, sum, 4 (u. by senses): this animal alone u.s what order is, unum hoc animal sentit quid sit ordo, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14.
14. ērŭdior, 4, pass. (to be instructed): he u.stood the Persian language so well, sermone Persarum adeo eruditus est, Nep. Them. 10.
15. interprĕtor, 1: a letter, which I could scarcely u., quam interpretari ipse vix poteram, Cic. Att. 15, 28.
II. To receive information:
1. intellĭgo, lexi, lectum. 3: Cic. Att. 6, 9, 3.
2. compĕrio, ĕri, ertum, 4: these things were u.stood from the prisoners, ex captivis haec comperta, Liv. 27, 5: to have u.stood, compertum habeo, Cic. Cluent. 45, 127.
3. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: if they had u.stood by common report, si ... accepissent fama et auditione. id. N. D. 2, 37, 95.
4. audio, 4: I have u.stood from older persons, audivi de majoribus natu, id. Brut. 26, 100.
5. certior fio: Caesar having u.stood by scouts, C. per exploratores c. factus, Caes. B. G. 1, 12.
III. In gram.:
1. intellĭgo: a word is u.stood from another word, verbum ex verbo intelligitur (ἔκλειψις), Quint. 8, 6, 21.
2. subaudio: Ulp. Dig. 28, 5, 1: Ascon. in Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 4.
I. Comprehend, take in with mind:
1. intellĭgo, lexi, lectum, 3: I wish your plan to be developed, that I may u. it thoroughly, explicari consilium volo, ut penitus intelligam, Cic. Att. 8. 12: to u. great things from small, magna ex parvis intelligere, id. Off. 1, 41, 146.
2. comprehendo, di, sum, 3: to u. with mind, comprehendere animo, id. N. D. 3, 25, 64.
3. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3: to u. what a happy and immortal nature is, capere quae sit et beata natura et aeterna, ib. 1, 19, 49.
4. complector, plexus, 3: that you may u. the whole system, ut totum genus complectamini, id. Verr. 2, 12, 32.
5. amplector, 3: if the judge shall fail to u., si judex non amplectetur, Cic. Acad. 4, 8, 26.
6. perspicio, spexi, spectum, 3 (see thoroughly, make oneself master of a subject): I charge you to u. the whole, totum ... mando tibi ut perspicias, id. Att. 1, 12, 2: argument from things understood to what was not understood, ratio ex rebus perceptis ad id quod non percipiebatur, id. Acad. l. c.
7. tĕneo, ui, tentum, 2: Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 59: Cic. Fam. 6. 7.
8. scĭo, īvi, 4: that the Athenians understood what was right, scire quae recta essent, id. Sen. 18, 64: that all are able to speak on that which they u., omnes in eo quod scirent esse eloquentes, id. de Or. 1. 14, 63. In respect of a language or an art: to u. Latin, scire Latine, id. Brut. 37. 140: u.ing (skilful in using) the harp, citharae sciens, Hor. Od. 3, 9, 10.
9. nōvi, perf. of nosco: to know superficially: he u.s everything, omnia novit, Juv. 3, 77.
10. săpio, īvi, and ĭi, 3: to have taste or perception. Join: intelligere et sapere, Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48: when he first began to u., quum primum sapere coepit, id. Fam. 14, 1.
11. accipio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to receive as true): things which I scarcely u.stood, quae parum accepi, id. N. D. 3, 1, 4.
12. căpesso, īvi. ītum, 3: Gell. 12, 1, 11.
13. sentio, si, sum, 4 (u. by senses): this animal alone u.s what order is, unum hoc animal sentit quid sit ordo, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14.
14. ērŭdior, 4, pass. (to be instructed): he u.stood the Persian language so well, sermone Persarum adeo eruditus est, Nep. Them. 10.
15. interprĕtor, 1: a letter, which I could scarcely u., quam interpretari ipse vix poteram, Cic. Att. 15, 28.
II. To receive information:
1. intellĭgo, lexi, lectum. 3: Cic. Att. 6, 9, 3.
2. compĕrio, ĕri, ertum, 4: these things were u.stood from the prisoners, ex captivis haec comperta, Liv. 27, 5: to have u.stood, compertum habeo, Cic. Cluent. 45, 127.
3. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: if they had u.stood by common report, si ... accepissent fama et auditione. id. N. D. 2, 37, 95.
4. audio, 4: I have u.stood from older persons, audivi de majoribus natu, id. Brut. 26, 100.
5. certior fio: Caesar having u.stood by scouts, C. per exploratores c. factus, Caes. B. G. 1, 12.
III. In gram.:
1. intellĭgo: a word is u.stood from another word, verbum ex verbo intelligitur (ἔκλειψις), Quint. 8, 6, 21.
2. subaudio: Ulp. Dig. 28, 5, 1: Ascon. in Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 4.
understand, to make or let a person:
A. To acquaint: certiorem facio: Cic. Att. 9, 26: v.TO ACQUAINT .
B. To convey a meaning: signĭfico, 1: they began to make it understood by the voice, voce significare coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 13. Phr.: what is to be u.stood by that speech? quid volt sibi haec oratio? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 2: what is u.stood by those statues (what do they mean)? quid sibi volunt illae statuae? Cic. Verr. 2, 61, 150: it is a question what thing is to be u.stood by that name, quae res ei (nomini) subjicienda sit, Quint. 7, 3, 4.
A. To acquaint: certiorem facio: Cic. Att. 9, 26: v.
B. To convey a meaning: signĭfico, 1: they began to make it understood by the voice, voce significare coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 13. Phr.: what is to be u.stood by that speech? quid volt sibi haec oratio? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 2: what is u.stood by those statues (what do they mean)? quid sibi volunt illae statuae? Cic. Verr. 2, 61, 150: it is a question what thing is to be u.stood by that name, quae res ei (nomini) subjicienda sit, Quint. 7, 3, 4.
μανθάνω
μανθάνω, μαθήσομαι, ἔμαθον, μεμάθηκα, ΧΧΧ, ΧΧΧ, learn, understand
ἐπίσταμαι
ἐπίσταμαι, know how to; understand (verb)
ὑπολαμβάνω
ὑπολαμβάνω, take up; understand, interpret; assume; reply, rejoin
αἰσθάνομαι
αἰσθάνομαι, perceive, sense, understand
συνίημι
συνίημι, συνήσω, συνῆκα, συνεῖκα, συνεῖμαι, συνείθην, understand, comprehend
κατανοέω
to observe well, to understand
ἀκριβόω
to make exact or accurate; understand, be sure about
ἐπαΐω
to give ear to, perceive, understand
to know well, understand
ἐξυπακουστέον
one must supply, understand
ὑποληπτέον
one must suppose, understand, regard
ὑποληπτέος
one must suppose, understand, think of
μανθάνω, μαθήσομαι, ἔμαθον, μεμάθηκα, ΧΧΧ, ΧΧΧ, learn, understand
ἐπίσταμαι
ἐπίσταμαι, know how to; understand (verb)
ὑπολαμβάνω
ὑπολαμβάνω, take up; understand, interpret; assume; reply, rejoin
αἰσθάνομαι
αἰσθάνομαι, perceive, sense, understand
συνίημι
συνίημι, συνήσω, συνῆκα, συνεῖκα, συνεῖμαι, συνείθην, understand, comprehend
κατανοέω
to observe well, to understand
ἀκριβόω
to make exact or accurate; understand, be sure about
ἐπαΐω
to give ear to, perceive, understand
appearing fewer than 50 times
κάτοιδαto know well, understand
ἐξυπακουστέον
one must supply, understand
ὑποληπτέον
one must suppose, understand, regard
ὑποληπτέος
one must suppose, understand, think of