παίδευσις
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 (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A process or system of education (παιδείας παράδοσις Pl.Def.416a), Hdt.4.78, 6.128, Ar.Nu.986, 1043; τροφὴ καὶ π. Pl.Criti.110c, R.424a; ξενικὴν π. παιδεύειν Id.Hp.Ma.284c; τὴν ὑπ' ἀρετῆς Ἡρακλέους π. his education by virtue, X.Mem.2.1.34; (Ἕλληνας καλεῖσθαι τοὺς τῆς π. τῆς ἡμετέρας μετέχοντας Isoc.4.50, cf. 3.57; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους π. instruction in rhetoric, Id.11.49: in pl., τροφαὶ καὶ -σεις Pl.Lg. 926e. 2 its result, culture, learning. Ar.Th.175, Antipho Soph. 60, Isoc.9.78, Pl.Prt.349a, Arist.Rh.1399a13. 3 instructing, coaching, priming of witnesses, ἐκ παιδεύσεως, v.l. for ἐκ παρασκευῆς in D.34.48. II means of educating, τὴν πόλιν πᾶσαν τῆς Ἑλλάδος παίδευσιν εἶναι is the school of Greece, Th.2.41. III in late Gr., ἡ σὴ, ἡ ὑμετέρα π., form of address to members of the learned professions, Stud.Pal.20.129.13 (v A. D.), POxy.1165.2 (vi A. D.), etc.
