docet

Docet is the third-person singular present indicative active form of the Latin verb doceo, docere, meaning "to teach." In classical Latin, docet translates as "he teaches" or "it teaches" and is used to describe an action occurring in the present.

Docet belongs to the second conjugation. The principal parts of doceo are doceo, docere, docui, doctum. In the present system, the forms include doceo, doces, docet, docemus, docetis, docent; docet is specifically the third-person singular. The verb also yields related forms such as docui ("I taught") in the perfect, and the participle doctus (masc.), docta (fem.), doctum (neut.) meaning "learned" or "taught."

Usage: In Latin sentences, docet often functions as the main verb. Example: "Magister docet discipulos" — "The teacher teaches the students." The form is frequently found in Latin literature and grammars as a paradigmatic present-tense example of the doceo conjugation.

See also: doceo; docere; doctus.