The corpus record

μᾰθητ-ικός

mathetikos

disposed to learn

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Where it lives

Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μᾰθητ-ικός · mathēt-ikos — LSJ

disposed to learn

disposed to learn, τινος Pl. R. 475e.

2 easily taught, docile

easily taught, docile, of animals having memory, -ώτερα Arist. Metaph. 980b21, cf. HA 608a27. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον Dam. Pr. 195 (nisi leg. μαθηματικ-).

In the wild

μαθητικώτερα · mathētikōtera Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 7)
μαθητικοὺς · mathētikous Plato, Republic 5.475 (DIORISIS sentence 3425)

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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