paedagogus Latin · revision 4319

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Plautus|origins=grc παιδαγωγός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [pae̯.daˈɡoː.ɡʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [pe.daˈɡɔː.ɡus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''paedagōgus''' ''m'' (genitive paedagōgī, feminine paedagōga); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|παιδαγωγός|tr=paidagōgós|t=leader of a boy]],^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874) from [[m|grc|παῖς|tr=paîs|t=child]] and [[m|grc|ἄγω|tr=ágō|t=to lead]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) A variant spelling is [[m|la|pēdagōgus]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it in the Bacchides of a slave tutor.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a slave who took children to school and back and watched their behaviour, a tutor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively Plautus calls a man a leader and a tutor, and Seneca calls the wise man the tutor of the human race.^(OLD 2012) Cicero uses it in On Friendship, and Suetonius of a pedant.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a teacher or schoolmaster, and also used of the church fathers, as Bede speaks of a bishop providing teachers and masters.^(DMLBS) English ''pedagogue'' is recorded in the late 14th century as a teacher of children.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a slave tutor.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca calls the wise man tutor of mankind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''pedagogue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A slave who escorted and supervised children, a tutor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A guide, tutor, [[m|en|pedagogue]]; a pedant.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A teacher, schoolmaster.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[paedagōga]]

+ * [[paedagōgō]]

+ * [[subpaedagōgus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|pedagogue]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}