διδάσκω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[teach]] (Od.)<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">διδάξαι</b> (like <b class="b3">ἀλύσκω</b> : <b class="b3">ἀλύξαι</b>; s. lit. below), perf. med. <b class="b3">δεδιδάχθαι</b>; posthom. <b class="b3">διδασκῆσαι</b> (Hes.), <b class="b3">διδάξω</b> (A.), <b class="b3">δεδίδαχα</b> (Pl.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">διδάσκαλος</b> m. (f.) [[teacher]] (Ion.-Att., h. Merc.) with <b class="b3">διδασκαλία</b> [[doctrine]], [[education]] (Pi.), <b class="b3">διδασκάλιον</b> [[knowledge]] (Hdt.), late in plur. [[premium]], <b class="b3">διδασκαλικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the teacher</b>, <b class="b3">διδασκαλεῖον</b> [[school]] (Ion.-Att.). - (After <b class="b3">ταράξαι</b> : <b class="b3">ταραχή</b>, <b class="b3">τάραξις</b>, <b class="b3">τάραγμα</b>) <b class="b3">διδαχή</b> [[education]] (Ion.-Att.), <b class="b3">δίδαξις</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (E.), <b class="b3">δίδαγμα</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ion.-Att.), <b class="b3">διδαγμοσύνη</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (astrol.). - <b class="b3">δίδακτρα</b> pl. [[teachers fee]] (Theoc.; cf. Chantr. Form. 332); <b class="b3">διδακτήριον</b> [[proof]] (Hp.); - <b class="b3">διδακτικός</b> <b class="b2">prepared to learn</b> (Ph., NT).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [201) <b class="b2">*d(e)ns-</b> [[teach]]<br />Etymology: Reduplicated <b class="b3">σκ-</b>presens with factitive meaning to [[δαῆναι]] (s. v.) < <b class="b3">*δασ-ῆναι</b>; because the stem syllable became unclear the reduplication, and partly also the <b class="b3">σκ-</b>suffix was used in the non-present forms. - See Debrunner Mélanges Boisacq 1, 251ff.