παιδονόμος
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (νέμω)
A supervisor of education, mostly in pl., of a board of magistrates, as in Crete, Ephor. 149 J.; at Sparta, X.Lac. 2.2; at Miletus, SIG577.26, al. (iii/ii B. C.); at Ephesus, BMus.Inscr. 481*.274 (παιδω- lapis, ii A. D.); in Caria, CIG2715.12 (Stratonicea); of a single magistrate, SIG694.57 (Pergam., ii B. C.); of a woman, Milet.1(7) No.265; παιδονόμος . . ἀριστοκρατικόν Arist.Pol.1300a4, cf. 1336a32.
German (Pape)
[Seite 441] ὁ, eine obrigkeitliche Person, welche die Aufsicht über die Erziehung und Sitten der Knaben hat; Xen. Lac. 2, 2. 11; Arist. pol. 7, 17; in Kreta, Strab. X, 483 u. in Inscr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
παιδονόμος: ὁ, (νέμω) ἄρχων ἐν ταῖς Δωρικαῖς πόλεσιν ἐκ τῶν ἐφορευότων εἰς τὴν ἀνατροφὴν τῶν παίδων, ἐν Κρήτῃ, Ἔφορος παρὰ Στράβ. 483· ἐν Σπάρτῃ, Ξεν. Λακ. 2. 2, πρβλ. 11· ἐν Καρίᾳ, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2715. 12, 2885. - Κατὰ τὸν Ἀριστ. ἐν Πολιτ. 4. 15, 13 «παιδονόμος δὲ καὶ γυναικονόμος ... ἀριστοκρατικόν, δημοκρατικὸν δ’ οὔ .., οὐδ’ ὀλιγαρχικόν», πρβλ. 7. 17. 5· - πρβλ. ὡσαύτως γυναικονόμος.
