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|Definition=Ep.inf. <b class="b3">-έμεναι</b> and <b class="b3">-έμεν</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.442</span>, <span class="bibl">23.308</span>: fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> διδάξω <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>519</span>, etc.: aor. ἐδίδαξα <span class="bibl">Il.23.307</span>, etc.; poet. ἐδιδάσκησα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span> 144</span> (prob.), <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>64</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.217</span>: pf. δεδίδαχα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Men.</span>85e</span>:—Med., fut. <b class="b3">διδάξομαι</b>: aor. <b class="b3">ἐδιδαξάμην</b>:—Pass., fut. διδαχθήσομαι <span class="bibl">D.H.3.70</span>, etc.: aor. ἐδιδάχθην <span class="bibl">Sol.13.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 637</span>, etc.: pf. δεδίδαγμαι <span class="bibl">Il.11.831</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>269c</span>, etc. Redupl. form of <b class="b3">δάω</b> (q.v.) in causal sense:—<b class="b2">instruct</b> a person, or <b class="b2">teach</b> a thing, <span class="bibl">Il. 11.832</span>, <span class="bibl">9.442</span>: c. dupl. acc., <b class="b3">σε . . ἱπποσύνας ἐδίδαξαν</b> they <b class="b2">taught</b> thee riding, <span class="bibl">23.307</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.8.481</span>; πολλὰ διδάσκει μ' ὁ πολὺς βίοτος <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>252</span> (lyr.), etc.; also δ. τινὰ περί τινος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>382</span>; δ. τῶν γενομένων τισὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>201b</span>: c. acc. pers. et inf., <b class="b3">σε διδάσκουσιν θεοὶ αὐτοὶ ὑψαγόρην ἔμεναι</b> <b class="b2">teach</b> thee to be... <span class="bibl">Od.1.384</span>: c. inf. only, <b class="b3">δίδαξε γὰρ Ἄρτεμις αὐτὴ βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα</b> she <b class="b2">taught how</b> to shoot, <span class="bibl">Il.5.51</span>, etc.: without inf., πολλοὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ῥήτορας διδάσκουσιν Aristonym. ap. Stob.3.4.105; δ. πολλοὺς αὐλητάς Charon <span class="bibl">9</span>; τούτους ἱππέας ἐδίδαξεν οὐδενὸς χείρους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>94b</span>; also δ. τινὰ σοφόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>575</span>: with an abstract subject, πολυμαθίη νόον οὐ διδάσκει <span class="bibl">Heraclit.40</span>; ξενιτείη αὐτάρκειαν δ. <span class="bibl">Democr.246</span>:—Med., <b class="b2">teach oneself, learn</b>, φθέγμα καὶ ἀστυνόμους ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 356</span> (lyr.); but usu., <b class="b2">have</b> one <b class="b2">taught</b> or <b class="b2">educated</b>, esp. of a father, τὰ ἄλλα . . διδάσκεσθαι τοὺς ὑεῖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>325b</span>; δ. τοὺς ὑεῖς τὰς κούφας ἐργασίας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1321a24</span>: c. inf., δ. τινὰ ἱππεύειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>467e</span>; δ. τινα ἱππέα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Men.</span>93d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.4.5</span> (this distn. between Act. and Med. was neglected by some Poets and late Prose writers, Med. being used like Act. in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Somn.</span>10</span>, etc.; but in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>783</span> Elmsl. restored <b class="b3">διδάξαιμ' ἄν σ' ἔτι</b> for <b class="b3">διδαξαίμην σ' ἔτι</b>, and in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>421e</span> Cobet cj. <b class="b3">διδάξει</b> for <b class="b3">-εται</b>: Med. is used of gods, [θεοί] . . ὅπλων χρῆσιν διδαξάμενοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mx.</span>238b</span>):—Pass., <b class="b2">to be taught, learn</b>, c. gen., <b class="b3">διδασκόμενος πολέμοιο</b> <b class="b2">trained, skilled</b> in war, <span class="bibl">Il. 16.811</span>: c. acc., <b class="b3">τά σε προτί φασιν Ἀχιλλῆος δεδιδάχθαι</b> which [medicines] they say thou <b class="b2">wert taught</b> by Achilles, <span class="bibl">11.831</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arat.529</span>; ὃς οὔτ' ἐδιδάχθη οὔτε εἶδε καλὸν οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.81</span>; διδάξω καὶ διδάξομαι λόγους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>739</span>: freq. c. inf., δεδιδαγμένον εἶναι χειροήθεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.69</span>; βρέφος διδάσκεται λέγειν ἀκούειν θ' <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>914</span>; <b class="b3">διδάσκεσθαι ὡς</b> . . <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>2.3.45</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">indicate, give sign of</b>, χειμῶνος συναγειρομένοιο <span class="bibl">Arat.793</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">734</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> abs., <b class="b2">explain</b>, πῶς δή; δίδαξον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 431</span>; σαφῶς δ. <span class="bibl">Th.2.60</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">show by argument, prove</b>, λέγων διδασκέτω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.11</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">δ. περί τινος ὡς</b> . . <span class="bibl">Th.3.71</span>; ἡλίκον ἐστὶ τὸ ἀλαζόνευμα . . πειράσομαι . . διδάξαι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.238</span>; <b class="b3">ποιητὴς δ. ὅτι</b> . . <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>2.50b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of dithyrambic and dramatic Poets (cf. διδάσκαλος <span class="bibl">11</span>), <b class="b3">δ. διθύραμβον, δρᾶμα</b>, <b class="b2">produce</b> a piece, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.23</span>, <span class="bibl">6.21</span>; Πέρσας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1026</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327d</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.770, al.:—Med., <b class="b3">διδάξασθαι χορόν</b> <b class="b2">train one's own</b> chorus, <span class="bibl">Simon.145</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[teach]] (i. e. [[instruct]]) a [[person]], or [[teach]] a [[thing]], Hom., etc.: c. dupl. acc., σε . . ἱπποσύνας ἐδίδαξαν they taught thee [[riding]], Il.; to [[teach]] one a [[thing]], Hom., etc.; also, δ. τινὰ [[περί]] τινος Ar.:—c. acc. pers. et inf. to [[teach]] one to be so and so, Od.; c. inf. only, δίδαξε βάλλειν taught him how to [[shoot]], Il.;—also with inf. omitted, διδάσκειν τινὰ ἱππέα [sc. [[εἶναι]] to [[train]] one as a [[horseman]], Plat.; so, δ. τινὰ σοφόν, [[κακόν]] Eur.:— Mid. to [[teach]] [[oneself]], [[learn]], Soph.: but the [[usual]] [[sense]] of the Mid. is to [[have]] [[another]] taught, of a [[father]], to [[have]] his son taught, Plat., etc.:—Pass. to be taught, to [[learn]], c. gen., διδασκόμενος πολέμοιο [[trained]] in war, Il.; also c. acc., Il., etc.; c. inf., δεδιδαγμένος [[εἶναι]] Hdt.; διδάσκεται λέγειν ἀκοῦσαί θ' Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> διδάσκειν is used of [[dramatic]] Poets, who [[originally]] taught the actors [[their]] parts, Hdt., [[attic]]