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μανθάνω

manthano

learn

Appears 595 times across Plato's dialogues.

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μανθάνω, Pi. P. 3.80, etc.: fut. μᾰθήσομαι Thgn. 35, Parm. 1.31, A. Pr. 926, S. Aj. 667, OC 1527, Pl. Phlb. 53e, etc.; Dor. μᾰθεῦμαι dub. in Theoc. 11.60; late μαθήσω Gal. 13.450, Sect.Intr. 9 (cod. L): aor. ἔμᾰθον Pi. N. 7.18, etc.; Ep. ἔμμαθον Od. 17.226, μάθον (v. infr.): pf. μεμάθηκα Anacr. 74, Xenoph. 10, Emp. 17.9, Ar. Nu. 1148, Pl. Euthphr. 9c, etc.: plpf. ἐμεμαθήκη ib. 14c; 3sg. ἐμεμαθήκει Id. Men. 86a; 3pl. μεμαθήκεσαν Hp. VM 10:—Pass., used by good writers only in pres., as Pl. Ti. 87b, Men. 88b.—Hom. uses only the Ep. aor. forms μάθον, ἔμμαθες, ἔμμαθε:—A. learn, esp. by study (but also, by practice, Simon. 147, Arist. EN 1103a32, Metaph. 1049b31, 980b24; by experience, A. Ag. 251 (lyr.), Arist. AP 0.81a40), thrice in Hom., ἔργα κακά Od. 17.226,18.362: c. inf., μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλός Il. 6.444: freq. later, οὐδὲ μαθόντες γινώσκουσιν Heraclit. 17; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν A. Ag. 584; ταλάντου τοῦτʼ ἔμαθεν for a talent, Ar. Nu. 876; οἱ μανθάνοντες learners, pupils, X. Mem. 1.2.17; μ. τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη learn by heart, Id. Smp. 3.5; μ. βέμβικα Ar. Av. 1461; μ. τί τινος learn from . . , Pi. P. 3.80, A. Pr. 701, S. OT 575, etc.: with Preps., ἐσθλῶν ἄπʼ ἐσθλὰ μαθήσεαι Thgn.l.c.; μ. καθʼ Ὅμηρον Xenoph.l.c.; τι ἔκ τινος S. El. 352; ἐκ ποίων ὀνομάτων μεμαθηκὼς ἦν τὰ πράγματα Pl. Cra. 438a; παρά τινος A. Ag. 859, S. Ant. 1012, etc.; παρά τινος ὅτι . . Isoc. 8.67; πρός τινος S. OC 12; πρὶν μάθοιμʼ εἰ . . Id. Ph. 961: c. inf., learn to . . , or how to . . , Il. l.c., Pi. P. 4.284, A. Pr. 1068 (anap.), S. Aj. 667; μ. σεαυτὸν αἰς χύνεσθαι Democr. 244. II. acquire a habit of, and in past tenses, to be accustomed to . . , c. inf., Emp. 17.9, Hp. VM 10; τοὺς μεμαθηκότας ἀριστᾶν Id. Acut. 28; τὸ μεμαθηκός that which is usual, πρότερον ἢ ὕστερον τοῦ μ. Id. Mul. 2.128; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσι acquire a habit of idleness, 1 Ep.Ti. 5.13. III. perceive, remark, notice, τὸ πλῆθος Hdt. 7.208; ἀλλήλους μ. ὁπόσοι εἴησαν X. HG 2.1.1. 2. freq. c. part., μ. τὴν νέα ἐμβαλοῦσαν Hdt. 8.88; ἔμαθον ταῦτα πρησσόμενα Id. 1.160; ἵνα μάθῃ σοφιστὴς ὤν A. Pr. 62; μὴ μάθῃ μʼ ἥκοντα S. Ph. 13, cf. E. Ba. 1113; μάνθανε ὤν know that you are, S. El. 1342; διαβεβλημένος οὐ μανθάνεις Hdt. 3.1; εἰ μὴ μανθάνετε κακὰ σπεύδοντες Th. 6.39. 3. with ὅτι, Pl. R. 394b; with ὡς, Th. 1.34, etc. IV. understand (cf Pl. Euthd. 277e), ὡς μάθω σαφέστερον A. Ch. 767; ὄψʼ ἐμάθεθʼ ἡμᾶς E. Ba. 1345; τὰ λεγόμενα Lys. 10.15, etc.: c. dat. pers., εἴ μοι μανθάνεις if you take me, Pl. R. 394c: freq. in Dialogue, μανθάνεις; dʼye see? Answ., πάνυ μανθάνω perfectly! Ar. Ra. 195, cf. Pl. Men. 84d. Tht. 174b; εἶεν, μανθάνω Id. R. 372e, cf. Phd. 117b, etc. V. τί μαθών . . ; freq. in questions, lit. under what persuasion, with what idea? hence ironically for why on earth? τί δὴ μ. φαίνεις ἄνευ θρυαλλίδος; Ar. Ach. 826, cf. Nu. 402, 1506, Lys. 599, Pl. 908; τί τοῦτο μ. προσέγραψεν; D. 20.127 (sts. with v.l. τί παθών; what possessed you to . . ? cf. πάσχω); imitated in later Greek, Ael. Fr. 67; also indirectly, because (with a sense of disapprobation), ὅ τι μαθόντες τοὺς ξένους μὲν λέγετε ποιητὰς σοφούς Eup. 357; ὅ τι μαθὼν . . οὐχ ἡσυχίαν ἦγον Pl. Ap. 36b; σοὶ εἰς κεφαλήν, ὅ τι μαθών μου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καταψεύδη τοιοῦτο πρᾶγμα Id. Euthd. 283e, cf. 299a: even with neut. subject, ὅμως δʼ ἂν κακὰ ἦν, ὅ τι μαθόντα χαίρειν ποιεῖ Id. Prt. 353d.
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