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διδάσκω

didasko

instruct

Appears 45 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διδάσκω, Ep.inf. -έμεναι and -έμεν, Il. 9.442, 23.308: fut. διδάξω A. Supp. 519, etc.: aor. ἐδίδαξα Il. 23.307, etc.; poet. ἐδιδάσκησα h.Cer. 144 (prob.), Hes. Op. 64, Pi. P. 4.217: pf. δεδίδαχα X. Cyr. 1.3.18, Pl. Men. 85e:—Med., fut. διδάξομαι: aor. ἐδιδαξάμην:—Pass., fut. διδαχθήσομαι D.H. 3.70, etc.: aor. ἐδιδάχθην Sol. 13.51, Hdt. 3.81, Ar. Nu. 637, etc.: pf. δεδίδαγμαι Il. 11.831, Pl. Phdr. 269c, etc. Redupl. form of *δάω (q.v.) in causal sense:—Α. instruct a person, or teach a thing, Il. 11.832, 9.442: c. dupl. acc., σε . . ἱπποσύνας ἐδίδαξαν they taught thee riding, 23.307, cf. Od. 8.481; πολλὰ διδάσκει μʼ ὁ πολὺς βίοτος E. Hipp. 252 (lyr.), etc.; also δ. τινὰ περί τινος Ar. Nu. 382; δ. τῶν γενομένων τισὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν Pl. Tht. 201b: c. acc. pers. et inf., σε διδάσκουσιν θεοὶ αὐτοὶ ὑψαγόρην ἔμεναι teach thee to be . ., Od. 1.384: c. inf. only, δίδαξε γὰρ Ἄρτεμις αὐτὴ βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα she taught how to shoot, Il. 5.51, etc.: without inf., πολλοὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ῥήτορας διδάσκουσιν Aristonym. ap. Stob. 3.4.105; δ. πολλοὺς αὐλητάς Charon 9; τούτους ἱππέας ἐδίδαξεν οὐδενὸς χείρους Pl. Men. 94b; also δ. τινὰ σοφόν E. Heracl. 575: with an abstract subject, πολυμαθίη νόον οὐ διδάσκει Heraclit. 40; ξενιτείη αὐτάρκειαν δ. Democr. 246:—Med., teach oneself, learn, φθέγμα καὶ ἀστυνόμους ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο S. Ant. 356 (lyr.); but usu., have one taught or educated, esp. of a father, τὰ ἄλλα . . διδάσκεσθαι τοὺς ὑεῖς Pl. Prt. 325b; δ. τοὺς ὑεῖς τὰς κούφας ἐργασίας Arist. Pol. 1321a24: c. inf., δ. τινὰ ἱππεύειν Pl. R. 467e; δ. τινα ἱππέα Id. Men. 93d, cf. X. Mem. 4.4.5 (this distn. between Act. and Med. was neglected by some Poets and late Prose writers, Med. being used like Act. in Pi. O. 8.59, Luc. Somn. 10, etc.; but in Ar. Nu. 783 Elmsl. restored διδάξαιμʼ ἄν σʼ ἔτι for διδαξαίμην σʼ ἔτι, and in Pl. R. 421e Cobet cj. διδάξει for -εται: Med. is used of gods, [θεοί] . . ὅπλων χρῆσιν διδαξάμενοι Id. Mx. 238b):—Pass., to be taught, learn, c. gen., διδασκόμενος πολέμοιο trained, skilled in war, Il. 16.811: c. acc., τά σε προτί φασιν Ἀχιλλῆος δεδιδάχθαι which [medicines] they say thou wert taught by Achilles, 11.831, cf. Arat. 529; ὃς οὔτʼ ἐδιδάχθη οὔτε εἶδε καλὸν οὐδέν Hdt. 3.81; διδάξω καὶ διδάξομαι λόγους E. Andr. 739: freq. c. inf., δεδιδαγμένον εἶναι χειροήθεα Hdt. 2.69; βρέφος διδάσκεται λέγειν ἀκούειν θʼ E. Supp. 914; διδάσκεσθαι ὡς . . X. HG 2.3.45. 2. c. gen., indicate, give sign of, χειμῶνος συναγειρομένοιο Arat. 793, cf. 734. II. abs., explain, πῶς δή; δίδαξον A. Eu. 431; σαφῶς δ. Th. 2.60, etc.; show by argument, prove, λέγων διδασκέτω X. An. 5.7.11, etc.; δ. περί τινος ὡς . . Th. 3.71; ἡλίκον ἐστὶ τὸ ἀλαζόνευμα . . πειράσομαι . . διδάξαι Aeschin. 3.238; ποιητὴς δ. ὅτι . . Jul. Or. 2.50b. III. of dithyrambic and dramatic Poets (cf. διδάσκαλος II), δ. διθύραμβον, δρᾶμα, produce a piece, Hdt. 1.23, 6.21; Πέρσας Ar. Ra. 1026, cf. Pl. Prt. 327d, IG 12.770, al.:—Med., διδάξασθαι χορόν train oneʼs own chorus, Simon. 145.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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