δῐδάσκω,
Epic dialect infinitive -έμεναι and -έμεν, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.442, 23.308 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future διδάξω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 519, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἐδίδαξα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.307, etc.; poetry ἐδιδάσκησα “hymnus ad Cererem” 144 (probably), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 64, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.217 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect δεδίδαχα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 85e:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, future διδάξομαι: aorist ἐδιδαξάμην:—passive, future διδαχθήσομαι [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.70, etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἐδιδάχθην [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.51, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 637, etc.] Refs 6th c.BC+]: perfect δεδίδαγμαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.831, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 269c, etc. Redupl. form of δάω (which see)] Refs 8th c.BC+] in causal sense:—instruct a person, or teach a thing, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.832, 9.442: with double _accusative_, σε.. ἱπποσύνας ἐδίδαξαν] Refs 8th c.BC+] they taught thee riding,[[ 23.307, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.481; πολλὰ διδάσκει μ᾽ ὁ πολὺς βίοτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 252 (Lyric poetry), etc.; also δ. τινὰ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 382; δ. τῶν γενομένων τισὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201b: with _accusative_ _person_ et ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, σε διδάσκουσιν θεοὶ αὐτοὶ ὑψαγόρην ἔμεναι teach thee to be.., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.384: with ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive only, δίδαξε γὰρ Ἄρτεμις αὐτὴ βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα she taught how to shoot, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.51, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: without infinitive, πολλοὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ῥήτορας διδάσκουσιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristonymus Comicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.4.105; δ. πολλοὺς αὐλητάς 5th c.BC: Charon Historicus 9; τούτους ἱππέας ἐδίδαξεν οὐδενὸς χείρους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 94b; also δ. τινὰ σοφόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 575 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with an abstract subject, πολυμαθίη νόον οὐ διδάσκει [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 40; ξενιτείη αὐτάρκειαν δ. 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 246 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, teach oneself, learn, φθέγμα καὶ ἀστυνόμους ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 356 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but usually, have one taught or educated, especially of a father, τὰ ἄλλα.. διδάσκεσθαι τοὺς ὑεῖς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325b; δ. τοὺς ὑεῖς τὰς κούφας ἐργασίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321a24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, δ. τινὰ ἱππεύειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467e; δ. τινα ἱππέα [prev. author] “Men.” 93d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (this distinction between active and middle was neglected by some Poets and late Prose writers, middle being used like active in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.59, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 10, etc.; but in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 783 Elmsl. restored διδάξαιμ᾽ ἄν σ᾽ ἔτι for διδαξαίμην σ᾽ ἔτι, and in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 421e Cobet conjecture διδάξει for -εται] Refs 5th c.BC+]: middle is used of gods, [θεοί].. ὅπλων χρῆσιν διδαξάμενοι [[ [prev. author] “Mx.” 238b)] Refs]:—passive, to be taught, learn, with genitive, διδασκόμενος πολέμοιο trained, skilled in war, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.811: with _accusative_, τά σε προτί φασιν Ἀχιλλῆος δεδιδάχθαι] Refs 8th c.BC+] which [medicines] they say thou wert taught by Achilles,[[ 11.831, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 529; ὃς οὔτ᾽ ἐδιδάχθη οὔτε εἶδε καλὸν οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81; διδάξω καὶ διδάξομαι λόγους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 739 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with infinitive, δεδιδαγμένον εἶναι χειροήθεα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.69; βρέφος διδάσκεται λέγειν ἀκούειν θ᾽ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 914 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδάσκεσθαι ὡς.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.45. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]