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ἀδίδακτος

adidaktos

untaught, ignorant

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What it meant — LSJ

untaught, ignorant

untaught, ignorant, Ps.-Phoc. 89: c. gen., ἀ. ἐρώτων AP 5.121 (Diod.), cf. Hp. Alim. 39.

2 unpractised, untrained

unpractised, untrained, of a chorus, D. 21.17.

II untaught, that cannot be taught

untaught, τοῖς ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ καὶ ἀ. πάθεσι Plu. Sollert. 2.968c, cf. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 34; that cannot be taught, Philostr. VA 5.36.

2 not yet acted

ἀ. δρᾶμα not yet acted (v. διδάσκω III) Ath. 6.270a.

III without teaching

Adv. -τως without teaching, Phld. Rh. 2.93 S, Juba 32, Plu. QConv. 2.673f; οὐκ ἀ. οὐδὲ αὐτοφυῶς Ph. Fr. 70 H.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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