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 • (dĭdắskălos) m or f (genitive δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λου); second declension (Attic, Koine)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλος ho, hē dĭdắskălos |
τὼ δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λω tṑ dĭdăskắlō |
οἱ, αἱ δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλοι hoi, hai dĭdắskăloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λου toû, tês dĭdăskắlou |
τοῖν δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λοιν toîn dĭdăskắloin |
τῶν δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λων tôn dĭdăskắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λῳ tōî, tēî dĭdăskắlōi |
τοῖν δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λοιν toîn dĭdăskắloin |
τοῖς, ταῖς δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λοις toîs, taîs dĭdăskắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλον tòn, tḕn dĭdắskălon |
τὼ δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λω tṑ dĭdăskắlō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λους toùs, tā̀s dĭdăskắlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλε dĭdắskăle |
δῐδᾰσκᾰ́λω dĭdăskắlō |
δῐδᾰ́σκᾰλοι dĭdắskăloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- παιδοδῐδᾰ́σκᾰλος (paidodĭdắskălos)
Descendants
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 (2006–2025)
- 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[1], 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)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διδάσκαλος (didáskalos) | διδάσκαλοι (didáskaloi) |
| genitive | διδασκάλου (didaskálou) | διδασκάλων (didaskálon) |
| accusative | διδάσκαλο (didáskalo) | διδασκάλους (didaskálous) |
| vocative | διδάσκαλε (didáskale) | διδάσκαλοι (didáskaloi) |
Related terms
- see: διδάσκω (didásko, “to teach”)