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|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]]