διδαχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.da.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /ði.ðaˈçi/ → /ði.ðaˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.da.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.daˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.ðaˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ðaˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ðaˈçi/

Noun

δῐδᾰχή • (dĭdăkhḗ) f (genitive δῐδᾰχῆς); first declension

1. teaching, instruction

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐδᾰχή; τῆς δῐδᾰχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐδᾰχή hē dĭdăkhḗ	τὼ δῐδᾰχᾱ́ tṑ dĭdăkhā́	αἱ δῐδᾰχαί hai dĭdăkhaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐδᾰχῆς tês dĭdăkhês	τοῖν δῐδᾰχαῖν toîn dĭdăkhaîn	τῶν δῐδᾰχῶν tôn dĭdăkhôn
Dative	τῇ δῐδᾰχῇ têi dĭdăkhêi	τοῖν δῐδᾰχαῖν toîn dĭdăkhaîn	ταῖς δῐδᾰχαῖς taîs dĭdăkhaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐδᾰχήν tḕn dĭdăkhḗn	τὼ δῐδᾰχᾱ́ tṑ dĭdăkhā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐδᾰχᾱ́ς tā̀s dĭdăkhā́s
Vocative	δῐδᾰχή dĭdăkhḗ	δῐδᾰχᾱ́ dĭdăkhā́	δῐδᾰχαί dĭdăkhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “διδαχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διδαχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• διδαχή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G1322 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • enlightenment idem, page 275.
  • instruction idem, page 447.
  • sermon idem, page 755.
  • teaching idem, page 859.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

διδαχή • (didachí) f (plural διδαχές)

1. instruction, teaching
2. lecture

Declension

Declension of διδαχή

	singular	plural
nominative	διδαχή (didachí)	διδαχές (didachés)
genitive	διδαχής (didachís)	διδαχών (didachón)
accusative	διδαχή (didachí)	διδαχές (didachés)
vocative	διδαχή (didachí)	διδαχές (didachés)

Related terms

• αδίδακτος (adídaktos, “untaught”)
• διδακτορία f (didaktoría, “doctorate”)
• δίδακτρα n or pl (dídaktra, “tuition fees”)
• διδασκαλία f (didaskalía, “teaching”)

• and see: διδάσκω m (didásko, “I teach”)