docebat

Docebat is a Latin verb meaning "he/she/it was teaching" or "he/she/it used to teach." It is the third-person singular imperfect active indicative form of the verb doceo. The verb doceo itself means "to teach," "to inform," "to show," or "to point out." The imperfect tense in Latin indicates an ongoing action in the past, a repeated action in the past, or a habitual action in the past. Therefore, docebat describes a continuous state or a repeated instance of teaching that was happening at some point in the past. It can be translated in several ways depending on the context, such as "he was teaching," "she was teaching," "it was teaching," "he used to teach," "she used to teach," or "it used to teach." This verb form would appear in Latin prose and poetry to narrate past events or describe past situations involving instruction or the imparting of knowledge.