The corpus record

παιδοτρῐβ-έω

paidotribeo

to be a gymnastic trainer

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Where it lives

Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

παιδοτρῐβ-έω · paidotrib-eō — LSJ

to be a gymnastic trainer

to be a gymnastic trainer, IG 2.1224, SIG 577.25 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.), etc.

2 train, exercise, educate, trained up

generally, train, exercise, educate, τινα D. 25.7; τινὰ ἔν τινι Plu. An seni 2.795e: metaph., πεπαιδοτριβηκὼς τυραννίδα trained up, Plu. Comp.Dem.Cic. 4:—Pass., ψυχῆς πεπαιδοτριβημένης Ph. 2.265; π. ἐπὶ στρατηγίᾳ παρά τινος Jul. Caes. 324d.

= παιδεραστέω, AP 12.34 (Autom.), 222 (Strat.).

In the wild

παιδοτρίβης · paidotribēs Aristotle, Politics 1279a (DIORISIS sentence 1028)
παιδοτρίβης · paidotribēs Plato, Gorgias 452

Where it came from

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