διδασκαλικός
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A of or for teaching, τινός Philol.11; ὄργανον Pl.Cra.388b; λόγοι X.Mem.1.2.21; πειθὼ δ. περί τι Pl.Grg.453e, cf. 455a: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the faculty of giving instruction, Id.Sph.231b; τὸ -κόν Id.Lg.813b; so, in disparagement, τὸ πρεσβυτικὸν καὶ δ. the didactic manner of old age, of Isocrates, Hermog.Id.2.11: Comp. -ώτερος Arist.Metaph.982a13. Adv. -κῶς Pl.Cra.388c, Plb.6.3.5: Comp. -ώτερον Dioph.1p.474T., Hermog. Inv.1.1. 2 -κή (sc. ὁμολογίἀ, ἡ, contract of apprenticeship, POxy. 275.34 (i A. D.). 3 Gramm., τόπος δ., locus classicus, Sch.Il.5.857.
German (Pape)
[Seite 615] zum Lehren oder Unterrichten gehörig, geschickt, Plat. Gorg. 755 a; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις διδασκαλική, sc. τέχνη, Soph. 229 e; λόγοι Xen. Mem. 1, 2, 21; Arist. u. Folgde; τόπος διδασκαλικός, locus classicus, Schol. Il. 5, 857. – Adv., Plat. Crat. 388 c.
