διδάσκω + καλῶς
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
διδάσκαλος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
didaskalos
English translation (word)
teacher
Transliteration (Etymon)
didaskō + kalōs
English translation (etymon)
to teach + beautifully
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum delta p. 361
Ed.
E. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum 1, Leipzig 1909
Quotation
Διδάσκαλος· παρὰ τὸ διδόναι τὸ καλόν, ὁ διδοὺς καλόν· ἢ ὁ διδάσκων καλῶς
Translation (En)
Teacher (didaskalos): from "to give" (didonai) that which is beautiful (kalon), he who gives the beautiful; or he who teaches (didaskōn) beautifully (kalōs)
Parallels
No parallel
Modern etymology
Derived from διδάσκω
Persistence in Modern Greek
The word still exists in Modern Greek only to denote erudite scolars, as in the phrase "διδάσκαλοι του Γένους", "the teachers of nation". The usual form is δάσκαλος "teacher" (Triandafyllidis, Dict. of Modern Greek)
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
The root is correctly identified but the suffix is not, and is identified with the adverb καλῶς. The word is treated as a compound with a structure verb + adverb, of which there is no instance in Greek, but the structure of compounds was not considered by Greek etymologists