παίδευσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παιδεύω (paideúō, “to teach”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pǎi̯.deu̯.sis/ → /ˈpɛ.ðeɸ.sis/ → /ˈpe.ðef.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pǎi̯.deu̯.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dew.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ðeɸ.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ðef.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ðef.sis/

Noun

παίδευσῐς • (paídeusĭs) f (genitive παιδεύσεως); third declension

1. education, teaching

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ παίδευσῐς; τῆς παιδεύσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παίδευσῐς hē paídeusĭs	τὼ παιδεύσει tṑ paideúsei	αἱ παιδεύσεις hai paideúseis
Genitive	τῆς παιδεύσεως tês paideúseōs	τοῖν παιδευσέοιν toîn paideuséoin	τῶν παιδεύσεων tôn paideúseōn
Dative	τῇ παιδεύσει têi paideúsei	τοῖν παιδευσέοιν toîn paideuséoin	ταῖς παιδεύσεσῐ / παιδεύσεσῐν taîs paideúsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν παίδευσῐν tḕn paídeusĭn	τὼ παιδεύσει tṑ paideúsei	τᾱ̀ς παιδεύσεις tā̀s paideúseis
Vocative	παίδευσῐ paídeusĭ	παιδεύσει paideúsei	παιδεύσεις paideúseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐπαιδευσία (eupaideusía)

Descendants

• Greek: παίδευση (paídefsi)

Further reading

• “παίδευσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παίδευσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παίδευσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette