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Strong's #1321 - διδάσκω
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δῐδάσκω,
inf. -έμεναι and -έμεν, Il. 9.442, 23.308: fut. διδάξω A. Supp. 519, etc.: aor. ἐδίδαξα Il. 23.307, etc.; poet. ἐδιδάσκησα h.Cer. 144 (prob.), Hes. Op. 64, Pi. P. 4.217: pf. δεδίδαχα X. Cyr. 1.3.18, Pl. Men. 85e: — Med., fut. διδάξομαι: aor. ἐδιδαξάμην: — Pass., fut. διδαχθήσομαι D.H. 3.70, etc.: aor. ἐδιδάχθην Sol. 13.51, Hdt. 3.81, Ar. Nu. 637, etc.: pf. δεδίδαγμαι Il. 11.831, Pl. Phdr. 269c, etc. Redupl. form of δάω (q.v.)
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1. in causal sense: — instruct a person, or teach a thing, Il. 11.832, 9.442: c. dupl. acc., σε.. ἱπποσύνας ἐδίδαξαν they taught thee riding, 23.307, cf. Od. 8.481; πολλὰ διδάσκει μ' ὁ πολὺς βίοτος E. Hipp. 252 (lyr.), etc.; also δ. τινὰ περί τινος Ar. Nu. 382; δ. τῶν γενομένων τισὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν Pl. Tht. 201b: c. acc. pers. et inf., σε διδάσκουσιν θεοὶ αὐτοὶ ὑψαγόρην ἔμεναι teach thee to be.., Od. 1.384: c. inf. only, δίδαξε γὰρ Ἄρτεμις αὐτὴ βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα she taught how to shoot, Il. 5.51, etc.: without inf., πολλοὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ῥήτορας διδάσκουσιν Aristonym. ap. Stob. 3.4.105; δ. πολλοὺς αὐλητάς Charon 9; τούτους ἱππέας ἐδίδαξεν οὐδενὸς χείρους Pl. Men. 94b; also δ. τινὰ σοφόν E. Heracl. 575: with an abstract subject, πολυμαθίη νόον οὐ διδάσκει Heraclit. 40; ξενιτείη αὐτάρκειαν δ. Democr. 246: — Med., teach oneself, learn, φθέγμα καὶ ἀστυνόμους ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο S. Ant. 356 (lyr.); but usu., have one taught or educated, esp. of a father, τὰ ἄλλα.. διδάσκεσθαι τοὺς ὑεῖς Pl. Prt. 325b; δ. τοὺς ὑεῖς τὰς κούφας ἐργασίας Arist. Pol. 1321a24: c. inf., δ. τινὰ ἱππεύειν Pl. R. 467e; δ. τινα ἱππέα Id. Men. 93d, cf. X. Mem. 4.4.5 (this distn. between Act. and Med. was neglected by some Poets and late Prose writers, Med. being used like Act. in Pi. O. 8.59, Luc. Somn. 10, etc.; but in Ar. Nu. 783 Elmsl. restored διδάξαιμ' ἄν σ' ἔτι for διδαξαίμην σ' ἔτι, and in Pl. R. 421e Cobet cj. διδάξει for -εται: Med. is used of gods, [ θεοί].. ὅπλων χρῆσιν διδαξάμενοι Id. Mx. 238b): —
Pass.,
1. to be taught, learn, c. gen., διδασκόμενος πολέμοιο trained, skilled in war, Il. 16.811: c. acc., τά σε προτί φασιν Ἀχιλλῆος δεδιδάχθαι which [medicines] they say thou wert taught by Achilles, 11.831, cf. Arat. 529; ὃς οὔτ' ἐδιδάχθη οὔτε εἶδε καλὸν οὐδέν Hdt. 3.81; διδάξω καὶ διδάξομαι λόγους E. Andr. 739: freq. c. inf., δεδιδαγμένον εἶναι χειροήθεα Hdt. 2.69; βρέφος διδάσκεται λέγειν ἀκούειν θ' E. Supp. 914; διδάσκεσθαι ὡς.. X. HG 2.3.45.
2. c. gen., indicate, give sign of, χειμῶνος συναγειρομένοιο Arat. 793, cf. 734.
II abs., explain, πῶς δή; δίδαξον A. Eu. 431; σαφῶς δ. Th. 2.60, etc.; show by argument, prove, λέγων διδασκέτω X. An. 5.7.11, etc.; δ. περί τινος ὡς.. Th. 3.71; ἡλίκον ἐστὶ τὸ ἀλαζόνευμα.. πειράσομαι.. διδάξαι Aeschin. 3.238; ποιητὴς δ. ὅτι.. Jul. Or. 2.50b.
III of dithyrambic and dramatic Poets (cf. διδάσκαλος 11), δ. διθύραμβον, δρᾶμα, produce a piece, Hdt. 1.23, 6.21; Πέρσας Ar. Ra. 1026, cf. Pl. Prt. 327d, IG 12.770, al.: — Med., διδάξασθαι χορόν train one's own chorus, Simon. 145.
διδάσκω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3925 pi., also for H3045 hi., H3384 hi., etc.;]
to teach (i.e. instruct) a person, teach a thing;
1. trans.: c. acc pers., Matthew 5:2, Mark 1:22, al.; seq. ὅτι , Mark 8:31; περί , 1 John 2:27; c. inf., Luke 11:1; c. acc rei, Mark 6:30; Mark 12:14; c. cogn. acc, Matthew 15:9 (LXX); c. dupl. acc, Mark 4:2, John 14:26; pass., Galatians 1:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:15; c. dat. pers. (like Heb., cf. Job 21:2, but prob. a vernac. usage, v. Swete, in l), Revelation 2:14.
2. Absol., to teach, give instruction: Matthew 4:23, Mark 1:21, and often in Gosp., Romans 12:7, 1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Timothy 2:12, al.
SYN.: παιδεύω G3811 (cf. Westc., Heb., 402; Cremer, 180).
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Like διδάσκαλος, διδάσκω is by no means so common as we might have expected; but from the instances we have noted we may select the following—P Lond 43.6 (ii/B.C.) (= I. p. 48), where a mother congratulates her son on having finished his education and being now in a position to earn his livelihood as a teacher—νῦγ γε παραγενόμενος εἰς τὴν πόλιν διδάξεις. . . τὰ παιδάρια καὶ ἕξεις ἐφόδιον εἰς τὸ γῆρας, P. Oxy I. 40.8 (ii/iii A.D.), where a doctor practising mummification is asked—δίδαξον τ [ὸ κατα ]τῆκον, ";tell me what is the solvent"; (Edd.), P Strass I. 41.8 (A.D. 250) π ̣ερὶ δὲ οὗ δικάζομαι, διὰ βραχέων σε διδάξ ̣ω, CP Herm 23ii. 5 (a law report) ἡμεῖς ἃ ἐδειδά [χ ]θ [η ]μεν ὑπὸ τῆς λα [μπρ. . .] ταῦτά σοι παρεθέμεθα, and ib. 25ii. 5 ἵν ̣α ̣ πάλιν σε διδάξωμεν · εἰ οὖν σοι δοκ ̣[εῖ ] ἀκοῦσαι τ [ . . .
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