Aristotle Greek Lexicon διδασκαλία

διδασκαλία

didaskalia

teaching, instruction

Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διδασκαλία, , A. teaching, instruction, Pi. P. 4.102, Even. 1, Hp. Lex 2, X. Cyr. 8.7.24, Pl. R. 493b, etc.; δ. ποιεῖσθαι, c. acc. et inf., Th. 2.42; δ. παρέχειν serve as a lesson, ib.87; ἐκ δ., opp. ἐξ ἔθους, Arist. EN 1103a15. 2. elucidation, Id. Po. 1456b5. 3. official instructions, PLips. 64.24 (iv A. D.); πρὸς διδασκαλίαν for information, POxy. 1101.4 (iv A. D.). II. training, rehearsing of a chorus, etc., δ. τῶν χορῶν Pl. Grg. 501e, cf. Simon. 147.5, Plu. 2.1096a, etc.; also, the dramas produced, Id. 2.839d, Cim. 8, Per. 5, AP 7.37 (Diosc.). 2. διδασκαλίαι, αἱ, Catalogues of the Dramas, their writers, dates, and success, title of compilation by Arist. and others, D.L. 5.26, cf. Sch.Ar. Ra. 1155, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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