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παίδ-ευσις

paideusis · ἡ

process, system of education, education

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Where it lives

  • Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
  • Hippias Major 3 · 3.55/10k
  • On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
  • Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
  • Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
  • Protagoras 2 · 1.13/10k
  • Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
  • Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
  • Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
  • Laws 6 · 0.58/10k
  • Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
  • Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

process, system of education, education, instruction

process or system of education (παιδείας παράδοσις Pl. Def. 416a), Hdt. 4.78, 6.128, Ar. Nu. 986, 1043; τροφὴ καὶ π. Pl. Criti. 110c, R. 424a; ξενικὴν π. παιδεύειν Id. Hp.Ma. 284c; τὴν ὑπʼ ἀρετῆς Ἡρακλέους π. his education by virtue, X. Mem. 2.1.34; (Ἕλληνας καλεῖσθαι τοὺς τῆς π. τῆς ἡμετέρας μετέχοντας Isoc. 4.50, cf. 3.57; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους π. instruction in rhetoric, Id. 11.49: in pl., τροφαὶ καὶ -σεις Pl. Lg. 926e.

2 culture, learning

its result, culture, learning. Ar. Th. 175, Antipho Soph. 60, Isoc. 9.78, Pl. Prt. 349a, Arist. Rh. 1399a13.

3 instructing, coaching, priming

instructing, coaching, priming of witnesses, ἐκ παιδεύσεως, v.l. for ἐκ παρασκευῆς in D. 34.48.

II means of educating, the school

means of educating, τὴν πόλιν πᾶσαν τῆς Ἑλλάδος παίδευσιν εἶναι is the school of Greece, Th. 2.41.

III

in late Gr., ἡ σὴ, ἡ ὑμετέρα π., form of address to members of the learned professions, Stud.Pal. 20.129.13 (v A. D.), POxy. 1165.2 (vi A. D.), etc.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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