Aristotle Greek Lexicon παίδευσις

παίδευσις

paideusis

process

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

παίδευσις, εως, , A. process or system of education (παιδείας παράδοσις Pl. Def. 416a), Hdt. 4.78, 6.128, Ar. Nu. 986, 1043; τροφὴ καὶ π. Pl. Criti. 110c, R. 424a; ξενικὴν π. παιδεύειν Id. Hp.Ma. 284c; τὴν ὑπʼ ἀρετῆς Ἡρακλέους π. his education by virtue, X. Mem. 2.1.34; (Ἕλληνας καλεῖσθαι τοὺς τῆς π. τῆς ἡμετέρας μετέχοντας Isoc. 4.50, cf. 3.57; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους π. instruction in rhetoric, Id. 11.49: in pl., τροφαὶ καὶ -σεις Pl. Lg. 926e. 2. its result, culture, learning. Ar. Th. 175, Antipho Soph. 60, Isoc. 9.78, Pl. Prt. 349a, Arist. Rh. 1399a13. 3. instructing, coaching, priming of witnesses, ἐκ παιδεύσεως, v.l. for ἐκ παρασκευῆς in D. 34.48. II. means of educating, τὴν πόλιν πᾶσαν τῆς Ἑλλάδος παίδευσιν εἶναι is the school of Greece, Th. 2.41. III. in late Gr., ἡ σὴ, ἡ ὑμετέρα π., form of address to members of the learned professions, Stud.Pal. 20.129.13 (v A. D.), POxy. 1165.2 (vi A. D.), etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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