lesson
Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. μάθημα, τό, P. διδασκαλία, ἡ.
example, warning: P. and V. παράδειγμα, τό, ἐπίδειξις, ἡ (Eur., Phoenissae 871).
our former mistakes… will teach us a lesson: P. ὅσα ἡμάρτομεν πρότερον… διδασκαλίαν παρέξει (Thuc. 2, 87).
yet a good upbringing teaches the lesson of virtue: V. ἔχειγε μέντοι καὶ τὸ θρεφθῆναι καλῶς δίδαξιν ἐσθλοῦ (Eur., Hecuba 600).
(a cloth) unfinished, but serving a lesson in weaving: V. (ὕφασμα) οὐ τέλεον οἷον δ' ἐκδίδαγμα κερκίδος (Eur., Ion, 1419).
read (a person) a lesson: P. and V. σωφρονίζειν (acc.), ῥυθμίζειν (acc.) (Plato).
havo lessons of (a person): Ar. and P. φοιτᾶν παρά (acc.).
