διδακτός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διδάσκω (didáskō) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

δῐδακτός (didaktósm (feminine δῐδακτή, neuter δῐδακτόν); first/second declension or
δῐδακτός (didaktósm or f (neuter δῐδακτόν); second declension

  1. taught, learnt
  2. teachable, learnable
  3. instructed

Declension

When declined as a two-ending adjective, the feminine forms above are replaced with the masculine equivalents.

Quotations

  • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 6:45:
    ἔστι γεγραμμένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, Καὶ ἔσονται πάντες διδακτοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ. πᾶς οὖν ὁ ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ μαθών, ἔρχεται πρός με.
    ésti gegramménon en toîs prophḗtais, Kaì ésontai pántes didaktoì toû Theoû. pâs oûn ho akoúsas parà toû patròs kaì mathṓn, érkhetai prós me.
    • Translation by KJV
      It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
  • 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 2:13:
    ἃ καὶ λαλοῦμεν, οὐκ ἐν διδακτοῖς ἀνθρωπίνης σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλ’ ἐν διδακτοῖς Πνεύματος Ἁγίου, πνευματικοῖς πνευματικὰ συγκρίνοντες.
    hà kaì laloûmen, ouk en didaktoîs anthrōpínēs sophías lógois, all’ en didaktoîs Pneúmatos Hagíou, pneumatikoîs pneumatikà sunkrínontes.
    • Translation by KJV
      Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
      (literally, “taught by man’s wisdom taught by the Holy Ghost ”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: didact
  • French: didacte
  • Russian: дида́кт (didákt)

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