διδάσκαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀇𐀅𐀏𐀩 (di-da-ka-re).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.dás.ka.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈdas.ka.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈðas.ka.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈðas.ka.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈðas.ka.los/
Noun
δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλος • (didáskalos) m or f (genitive δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λου); second declension (Attic, Koine)
- teacher, master, director
Declension
Second declension of ὁ, ἡ δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλος; τοῦ, τῆς δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλος ho, hē didáskalos | τὼ δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λω tṑ didaskálō | οἱ, αἱ δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλοι hoi, hai didáskaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λου toû, tês didaskálou | τοῖν δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λοιν toîn didaskáloin | τῶν δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λων tôn didaskálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λῳ tôi, têi didaskálōi | τοῖν δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λοιν toîn didaskáloin | τοῖς, ταῖς δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λοις toîs, taîs didaskálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλον tòn, tḕn didáskalon | τὼ δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λω tṑ didaskálō | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λους toùs, tā̀s didaskálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλε didáskale | δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λω didaskálō | δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλοι didáskaloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- παιδοδῐδᾰ́σκᾰλος (paidodidáskalos)
Descendants
- Greek: δάσκαλος (dáskalos)
- → Albanian: dhaskal
Further reading
- “διδάσκαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διδάσκαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διδάσκαλος 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
- διδάσκαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G1320 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- admonisher idem, page 12.
- instructor idem, page 447.
- instructress idem, page 447.
- master idem, page 517.
- mistress idem, page 536.
- playwright idem, page 619.
- preceptor idem, page 634.
- preceptress idem, page 634.
- professor idem, page 653.
- school-master idem, page 739.
- school-mistress idem, page 739.
- teacher idem, page 859.
- tutor idem, page 903.
Greek
Noun
διδάσκαλος • (didáskalos) m (plural διδάσκαλοι, feminine διδασκάλισσα)
- (education) teacher
Declension
declension of διδάσκαλος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | διδάσκαλος • | διδάσκαλοι • |
genitive | διδασκάλου • | διδασκάλων • |
accusative | διδάσκαλο • | διδασκάλους • |
vocative | διδάσκαλε • | διδάσκαλοι • |
Related terms
- see: δάσκαλος m (dáskalos, “teacher, instructor”)