- διδάσκω
- διδάσκωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `teach' (Od.)Other forms: Aor. διδάξαι (like ἀλύσκω : ἀλύξαι; s. lit. below), perf. med. δεδιδάχθαι; posthom. διδασκῆσαι (Hes.), διδάξω (A.), δεδίδαχα (Pl.)Derivatives: διδάσκαλος m. (f.) `teacher' (Ion.-Att., h. Merc.) with διδασκαλία `doctrine, education' (Pi.), διδασκάλιον `knowledge' (Hdt.), late in plur. `premium', διδασκαλικός `belonging to the teacher', διδασκαλεῖον `school' (Ion.-Att.). - (After ταράξαι : ταραχή, τάραξις, τάραγμα) διδαχή `education' (Ion.-Att.), δίδαξις `id.' (E.), δίδαγμα `id.' (Ion.-Att.), διδαγμοσύνη `id.' (astrol.). - δίδακτρα pl. `teacher's fee' (Theoc.; cf. Chantr. Form. 332); διδακτήριον `proof' (Hp.); - διδακτικός `prepared to learn' (Ph., NT).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [201) *d(e)ns- `teach'Etymology: Reduplicated σκ-presens with factitive meaning to δαῆναι (s. v.) \< *δασ-ῆναι; because the stem syllable became unclear the reduplication, and partly also the σκ-suffix was used in the non-present forms. - See Debrunner Mélanges Boisacq 1, 251ff.Page in Frisk: 1,387
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