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παίδευσις

παίδευσις, education, a system of education

παίδ-ευσις, εως, ἡ,
  • 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 its result, culture, learning, Ar. Th. 175, Antipho Soph. 60, Isoc. 9.78, Pl. Prt. 349a, Arist. Rh. 1399a13.
      • 3 instructing, coaching, priming of witnesses, ἐκ παιδεύσεως, v.l. for ἐκ παρασκευῆς in D. 34.48.
    • II 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.

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