Etymology

paideia

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Today it means: An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing on integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy Full definition →

Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιδείᾱ“rearing of a child, education”
  2. English todaypaideia

From Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “rearing of a child, education”), from παιδεύω (paideúō, “rear a child”) + -ίᾱ (-íā), from παῖς (paîs, “child”).

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