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δῐδασκᾰλ-ία

didaskalia · ἡ

teaching, instruction

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What it meant

δῐδασκᾰλ-ία · didaskal-ia — LSJ

teaching, instruction, lesson

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

elucidation, Id. Po. 1456b5.

3 official instructions, information

official instructions, PLips. 64.24 (iv A. D.); πρὸς διδασκαλίαν for information, POxy. 1101.4 (iv A. D.).

II training, rehearsing, the dramas produced

training, rehearsing of a chorus, etc., δ. τῶν χορῶν Pl. Grg. 501e, cf. Simon. 147.5, Plu. Suav. 2.1096a, etc.; also, the dramas produced, Id. VOrat. 2.839d, Cim. 8, Per. 5, AP 7.37 (Diosc.).

2 Catalogues of the Dramas

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.

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