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παιδ-εύω

paideuo

bring up, rear a child, train and teach, educate

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Where it lives

  • Hipparchus 6 · 26.62/10k
  • Crito 8 · 19.19/10k
  • Minos 5 · 17.53/10k
  • Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
  • Theages 5 · 14.39/10k
  • Menexenus 6 · 12.48/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 6 · 12.34/10k
  • Osee 4 · 10.61/10k
  • Psalmi Salomonis 5 · 10.51/10k
  • Proverbia 11 · 9.9/10k
  • Economics 16 · 8.99/10k
  • On Hunting 8 · 8.79/10k

Densest 12 of 85 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

bring up, rear a child

bring up or rear a child, λευκὸν αὐτὴν . . ἐπαίδευσεν γάλα S. Fr. 648:—Pass., ἐπαιδεύθην ξένος Id. OC 562; Ἅιδου δʼ ἐν δόμοις παιδεύεται E. Ion 953: but mostly,

II train and teach, educate, educated, cultured, train, educate in, by, teach, teach, to be taught, to be educated, educated, trained, expert, well-bred, to have, taught, cause, to be educated, educated, had, educated, cause to be trained, educating

opp. τρέφω or ἐκτρέφω (Pl. Cri. 54a, al.), train and teach, educate, παῖδας, etc., S. Tr. 451, E. Supp. 917; τοὺς νέους Pl. Ap. 24e, etc.; κάκιστον ἡ εὐπετείη παιδεῦσαι τὴν νεότητα Democr. 178; οἱ πεπαιδευμένοι educated, cultured persons, opp. ἀυαθεῖς, Id. 185; τὴν Ἑλλάδα πεπαίδευκεν . . ὁ ποιητής Pl. R. 606e; also, of animals, train, X. Eq. 10.6 (Pass.), v. infr.:—Constr.: π. τινά τινι educate in or by . . , παιδείᾳ πεπαιδευμένους Pl. Lg. 741a; μουσικῇ καὶ γυμναστικῇ π. τινάς Id. R. 430a; ἔθεσι

2 give instruction, teach

abs., give instruction, teach, Isoc. 15.226.

III correct, discipline, chastened, well-bred

correct, discipline, τοὐμὸν ἦθος π. νοεῖς S. Aj. 595; διαίτῃ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐπαίδευσε καὶ τὸ σῶμα X. Mem. 1.3.5; ὕβρις πεπαιδευμένη chastened (i.e. well-bred) insolence, Aristotleʼs definition of εὐτραπελία, Rh. 1389b11.

2 chastise, punish

chastise, punish, LXX Ho. 7.12, Ev.Luc. 23.16, al.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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