The corpus record

μεταμανθάνω

metamanthano

learn differently

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Where it lives

Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μεταμανθάνω · metamanthanō — LSJ

learn differently, unlearn one, and learn, instead, learn a new

learn differently, μ. γλῶσσαν unlearn one language and learn another instead, Hdt. 1.57, cf. Paus. l.c.; μ. ὕμνον learn a new strain, A. Ag. 709 (lyr.).

2 unlearn

unlearn, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Aeschin. 3.157; τοῦ μεταμανθάνοντος (sc. ψευδῆ δόξαν) Pl. R. 413a.

3 learn better

abs., learn better, Ar. Pl. 924; εἰ γέρων ἄνθρωπος μεταμαθήσει Luc. l.c.; opp. μανθάνειν ἐξ ἀρχῆς, Arist. Pol. 1289a4.

In the wild

μεταμανθάνουσα · metamanthanousa Aeschylus, Agamemnon 709–715
μεταμάθοις · metamathois Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 736)
μεταμανθάνειν · metamanthanein Aristotle, Politics 1289a (DIORISIS sentence 1396)
μετέμαθε · metemathe Herodotus, Histories 1.57.3 (DIORISIS sentence 362)
μεταμανθάνοντος · metamanthanontos Plato, Republic 3.413 (DIORISIS sentence 2039)

Where it came from

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