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P. and V. μάθημα, τό, P. διδασκαλία, ἡ. Example, warning: P. and V. παράδειγμα, τό, ἐπίδειξις, ἡ (Eur., Phoen. 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. ἔχει γε μέντοι καὶ τὸ θρεφθῆναι καλῶς δίδαξιν ἐσθλοῦ (Eur., Hec. 600). (A cloth) unfinished, but serving a lesson in weaving: V. (ὕφασμα) οὐ τέλεον οἷον δʼ ἐκδίδαγμα κερκίδος (Eur., Ion, 1419). Read (a person) a lesson: P. and V. σωφρονίζειν (acc.), ῥυθμίζειν (acc.) (Plat.). Havo lessons of (a person): Ar. and P. φοιτᾶν παρά (acc.).