school
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. διδασκαλεῖον, τό.
Go to school, v.:Ar. and P. φοιτᾶν, εἰς διδασκάλου φοιτᾶν.
Where did you go to school as a boy? Ar. παῖς ὢν ἐφοίτας ἐς τίνος διδασκάλου; (Eg. 1235).
Attend school with another, v.:Ar. and P. συμφοιτᾶν.
Slave who took boys to school: P. and V. παιδαγωγός, ὁ.
Wrestling-school: P. and V. παλαίστρα, ἡ.
School of philosophers, etc., the school of Protagoras: P. οἱ ἀμφὶ Πρωταγόραν (Plat.).
In a word I say that our city taken as a whole is the school of Greece: P. συνελὼν . . . λέγω τὴν . . . πᾶσαν πόλιν τῆς Ἑλλάδος παίδευσιν εἶναι (Thuc. 2, 41).
v. trans.
Teach: P. and V. διδάσκειν, παιδεύειν; see educate.
Chasten: P. and V. νουθετεῖν, ῥυθμίζειν (Plat.), σωφρονίζειν.
Control: P. and V. κρατεῖν (gen.).
Check: P. and V. κατέχειν, ἐπέχειν.
