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παιδοτρίβης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιδοτρίβης παιδοτρίβου

Structure: παιδοτριβ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: tri/bw

Sense

  1. one who teaches boys wrestling and other exercises, a gymnastic master, his

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παιδοτρίβης παιδοτρίβᾱ παιδοτρίβαι
Genitive παιδοτρίβου παιδοτρίβαιν παιδοτριβῶν
Dative παιδοτρίβῃ παιδοτρίβαιν παιδοτρίβαις
Accusative παιδοτρίβην παιδοτρίβᾱ παιδοτρίβᾱς
Vocative παιδοτρίβα παιδοτρίβᾱ παιδοτρίβαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοσαῦτα καὶ προσλαλεῖ τοῖσ παιδοτρίβαισ καὶ διδασκάλοισ. (Theophrastus, Characters, 5:2)
  • μέμνησαι οὖν λέγων ὀλίγῳ πρότερον ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τοῖσ παιδοτρίβαισ ἐγκαλεῖν οὐδ’ ἐκβάλλειν ἐκ τῶν πόλεων, ἐὰν ὁ πύκτησ τῇ πυκτικῇ χρῆταί τε καὶ ἀδίκωσ χρῆται καὶ ἀδικῇ, ὡσαύτωσ δὲ οὕτωσ καὶ ἐὰν ὁ ῥήτωρ τῇ ῥητορικῇ ἀδίκωσ χρῆται, μὴ τῷ διδάξαντι ἐγκαλεῖν μηδ’ ἐξελαύνειν ἐκ τῆσ πόλεωσ, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀδικοῦντι καὶ οὐκ ὀρθῶσ χρωμένῳ τῇ ῥητορικῇ; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 81:9)
  • ἀλλ̓ οὐκ ἔστι τοῖσ παιδοτρίβαισ οὐδὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ διδασκάλοισ δῆσαι τοὺσ μαθητὰσ οὐδὲ ἀποδόσθαι οὐδέ γε εἰσ μυλῶνα ἐμβαλεῖν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 31:3)
  • καὶ ὡσ τοῖσ παιδοτρίβαισ οὐκ ἀρκεῖ εἰπεῖν τὰ παλαίσματα, ἀλλὰ καὶ δεῖξαι ἀνάγκη τῷ μαθησομένῳ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 39:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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