δῐδάσκᾰλ-ος, ὁ
(but feminine, [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 556, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 110 ] Refs 4th c.BC+], compare ξυμφορὴ γίνεται δ. [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 76; πενία ἐπινοιῶν δ. 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 10)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], teacher, master, μαντείης [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” [same place]; δ. τέχνης πάσης βροτοῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” [same place]; δεινῶν ἔργων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.78; πόλεμος βίαιος δ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδάσκαλον λαβεῖν get a master, [[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus] “fragment” 1120.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς διδασκάλου (i.e. οἶκον) φοιτᾶν go to school, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.109d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδασκάλων or ἐκ διδασκάλων ἀπαλλαγῆναι leave school, [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 514c, “Prt.” 326c ] Refs]; ἐν διδασκάλων at school, [[ [prev. author] Alcaeus1.110b. ] Refs]
__II trainer of a dithyrambic or dramatic chorus, producer of a play, etc., ἴτω δὲ καὶ τραγῳδίας ὁ Κλεομάχου δ. [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 256, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 912, “Ach.” 628, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.13, etc.; δ. τοῦ μεγάλου χοροῦ “SIG” 698.8 (Delph., 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]