instruct
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. διδάσκειν, ἐκδιδάσκειν, παιδεύειν, ἐκπαιδεύειν (Plato), V. φρενοῦν.
instruct (a person to do a thing): see command.
instruct in: P. and V. διδάσκειν (τινά τι), ἐκδιδάσκειν (τινά τι), P. παιδεύειν (τινά τινι or τινὰ ἔν τινι).
Dionysus instructed us herein: V. Διόνυσος ἡμᾶς ἐξεμούσωσεν τάδε (Euripides, Bacchae 825).
have (a person) instructed: P. and V. διδάσκεσθαι (acc.), P. παιδεύεσθαι (acc.), V. ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι (acc.).
