παιδαγωγία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós, “teacher, leader”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.da.ɡɔː.ɡí.aː/ → /pɛ.ða.ɣoˈʝi.a/ → /pe.ða.ɣoˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.da.ɡɔː.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.da.ɡoˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ða.ɣoˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ða.ɣoˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ða.ɣoˈʝi.a/

Noun

παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ • (paidagōgíā) f (genitive παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the act of guiding, attending
2. teaching
3. attendance

Inflection

First declension of ἡ παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ; τῆς παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ hē paidagōgíā	τὼ παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ tṑ paidagōgíā	αἱ παιδᾰγωγῐ́αι hai paidagōgíai
Genitive	τῆς παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱς tês paidagōgíās	τοῖν παιδᾰγωγῐ́αιν toîn paidagōgíain	τῶν παιδᾰγωγῐῶν tôn paidagōgiôn
Dative	τῇ παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾳ têi paidagōgíāi	τοῖν παιδᾰγωγῐ́αιν toîn paidagōgíain	ταῖς παιδᾰγωγῐ́αις taîs paidagōgíais
Accusative	τὴν παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱν tḕn paidagōgíān	τὼ παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ tṑ paidagōgíā	τᾱ̀ς παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱς tā̀s paidagōgíās
Vocative	παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ paidagōgíā	παιδᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ paidagōgíā	παιδᾰγωγῐ́αι paidagōgíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: pédagogie
• Greek: παιδαγωγία (paidagogía)

Further reading

• “παιδαγωγία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδαγωγία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδαγωγία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attendance idem, page 51.
  • bringing up idem, page 100.
  • ministration idem, page 531.
  • nursing idem, page 563.
  • tendance idem, page 861.
  • training idem, page 887.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία (paidagōgía).

Noun

παιδαγωγία • (paidagogía) f (plural παιδαγωγίες)

1. pedagogy

Declension

Declension of παιδαγωγία

	singular	plural
nominative	παιδαγωγία (paidagogía)	παιδαγωγίες (paidagogíes)
genitive	παιδαγωγίας (paidagogías)	παιδαγωγιών (paidagogión)
accusative	παιδαγωγία (paidagogía)	παιδαγωγίες (paidagogíes)
vocative	παιδαγωγία (paidagogía)	παιδαγωγίες (paidagogíes)

Related terms

• see: παιδεία f (paideía, “education, instruction”)