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διδάσκω

didasko

to teach, instruct

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Clouds 25 · 25.99/10k
Economics 46 · 25.85/10k
For The Soldier 2 · 23.07/10k
For the Liberty of the Rhodians 5 · 22.83/10k
Against the Sophists 3 · 22.64/10k
Meno 21 · 21.46/10k
Euthyphro 11 · 21.27/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 14 · 20.15/10k
Apology 17 · 19.46/10k
Colossians 3 · 19.37/10k
1 Timothy 3 · 18.94/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 4 · 16.58/10k

Densest 12 of 201 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. διδάσκω · didaskō — Beekes

διδάσκω [v.] ‘to teach, instruct’ (Od.). 4«1Ὲ *d(e)ns- ‘teach’> eVAR Aor. διδάξαι (like ἀλύσκω : ἀλύξαι), perf. med. δεδιδάχθαι; post-Hom. διδασκῆσαι (Hes.), διδάξω (A.), δεδίδαχα (Pl). *DER διδάσκαλος [m.] ([f]) ‘teacher’ (IA, ἢ. Merc.) with διδασκαλία ‘lesson, education’ (Pi.), διδασκάλιον ‘knowledge’ (Hdt.), late in plur. ‘tuition fee’, διδασκαλικός ‘ptng. to the teacher’, διδασκαλεῖον ‘school’ (IA). διδαχή … — [Beekes, s.v. διδάσκω, p. 377]

2. διδάσκω · didaskō — Chantraine

διδάσκω, δαῆναι, cte. : L'analyse de la conjugaison de ce verbe est capitale. D’un thème δα- Hom. possède avec suffixe ἢ un fut. δαήσεαι «tu sauras», aor. ἐδάην, inf. δαῆναι, etc, pl. δεδάγργκα «j'ai appris, je sais», participe δεδαηκώς, δεδαώς (04.) et δεδαημένος (H. Hermès 483) ; d'autre part un aor. causätif rüre à redoublement δέδαε «il a enseigné» fOd.), au moyen δεδάασθαι +s'enquérir de» (Od. 16,316); d’où … — [Chantraine, s.v. διδάσκω, p. 292]

3. δῐδάσκω · didaskō — LSJ

instruct, teach, taught, teach, taught how, teach oneself, learn, have, taught, educated, to be taught, learn, trained, skilled, wert taught

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

2 indicate, give sign of

c. gen., indicate, give sign of, χειμῶνος συναγειρομένοιο Arat. 793, cf. 734.

II explain, show by argument, prove

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 produce, train oneʼs own

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 1(2).770, al.:—Med., διδάξασθαι χορόν train oneʼs own chorus, Simon. 145.

In the wild

διδαχθεὶς · didachtheis Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1424–1425
διδάσκεσθαι · didaskesthai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1619–1620
διδάσκειν · didaskein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1621–1622
διδαχθεὶς · didachtheis Aeschylus, Agamemnon 543
διδαχθεὶς · didachtheis Aeschylus, Eumenides 276–277
δίδαξον · didaxon Aeschylus, Eumenides 431

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. διδάσκω (scan p. 377; entry #1696).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. διδάσκω (scan p. 292; entry #2000).

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