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παιδαγωγός
παιδαγωγός παιδ-ᾰγωγός, οῦ, ὁ, = παιδὸς ἀγωγός a boy-ward; at Athens, the slave who went with a boy from home to school and back again, a kind of tutor, Hdt., Eur., etc.: —hence Phoenix is called the παιδαγωγός of Achilles, Plat.; Fabius is jeeringly called the παιδαγωγός of Hannibal, because he always followed him about, Plut.

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a boy-ward

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παιδαγωγός
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παιδαγωγός
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παιδαγωγος
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παιδαγωγός παιδ-ᾰγωγός, οῦ, ὁ, = παιδὸς ἀγωγός a boy-ward; at Athens, the slave who went with a boy from home to school and back again, a kind of tutor, Hdt., Eur., etc.: —hence Phoenix is called the παιδαγωγός of Achilles, Plat.; Fabius is jeeringly called the παιδαγωγός of Hannibal, because he always followed him about, Plut.
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24059
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n24085
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paidagwgo/s

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