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Strong's #3129 - μανθάνω
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μανθάνω,
Pi. P. 3.80, etc.: fut. μᾰθήσομαι Thgn. 35, Parm. 1.31, A. Pr. 926, S. Aj. 667, OC 1527, Pl. Phlb. 53e, etc.; Dor. μᾰθεῦμαι dub. in Theoc. 11.60; late μαθήσω Gal. 13.450, Sect.Intr. 9 (cod. L): aor. ἔμᾰθον Pi. N. 7.18, etc.; ἔμμαθον Od. 17.226, μάθον (v. infr.): pf. μεμάθηκα Anacr. 74, Xenoph. 10, Emp. 17.9, Ar. Nu. 1148, Pl. Euthphr. 9c, etc.: plpf. ἐμεμαθήκη ib. 14c; 3 sg. ἐμεμαθήκει Id. Men. 86a; 3 pl. μεμαθήκεσαν Hp. VM 10: —
Pass., used by good writers only in pres., as Pl. Ti. 87b, Men. 88b. —
Hom. uses only the aor. forms μάθον, ἔμμαθες, ἔμμαθε: —
I learn, esp. by study (but also, by practice, Simon. 147, Arist. EN 1103a32, Metaph. 1049b31, 980b24; by experience, A. Ag. 251 (lyr.), Arist. AP 0.81a40), thrice in Hom., ἔργα κακά Od. 17.226, 18.362: c. inf., μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλός Il. 6.444: freq. later, οὐδὲ μαθόντες γινώσκουσιν Heraclit. 17; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν A. Ag. 584; ταλάντου τοῦτ' ἔμαθεν for a talent, Ar. Nu. 876; οἱ μανθάνοντες learners, pupils, X. Mem. 1.2.17; μ. τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη learn by heart, Id. Smp. 3.5; μ. βέμβικα Ar. Av. 1461; μ. τί τινος learn from.., Pi. P. 3.80, A. Pr. 701, S. OT 575, etc.: with Preps., ἐσθλῶν ἄπ' ἐσθλὰ μαθήσεαι Thgn.l.c.; μ. καθ' Ὅμηρον Xenoph.l.c.; τι ἔκ τινος S. El. 352; ἐκ ποίων ὀνομάτων μεμαθηκὼς ἦν τὰ πράγματα Pl. Cra. 438a; παρά τινος A. Ag. 859, S. Ant. 1012, etc.; παρά τινος ὅτι.. Isoc. 8.67; πρός τινος S. OC 12; πρὶν μάθοιμ' εἰ.. Id. Ph. 961: c. inf., learn to.., or how to.., Il. l.c., Pi. P. 4.284, A. Pr. 1068 (anap.), S. Aj. 667; μ. σεαυτὸν αἰς χύνεσθαι Democr. 244.
II acquire a habit of, and in past tenses, to be accustomed to.., c. inf., Emp. 17.9, Hp. VM 10; τοὺς μεμαθηκότας ἀριστᾶν Id. Acut. 28; τὸ μεμαθηκός that which is usual, πρότερον ἢ ὕστερον τοῦ μ. Id. Mul. 2.128; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσι acquire a habit of idleness, [*] Ti. 5.13.
III
1. perceive, remark, notice, τὸ πλῆθος Hdt. 7.208; ἀλλήλους μ. ὁπόσοι εἴησαν X. HG 2.1.1.
2. freq. c. part., μ. τὴν νέα ἐμβαλοῦσαν Hdt. 8.88; ἔμαθον ταῦτα πρησσόμενα Id. 1.160; ἵνα μάθῃ σοφιστὴς ὤν A. Pr. 62; μὴ μάθῃ μ' ἥκοντα S. Ph. 13, cf. E. Ba. 1113; μάνθανε ὤν know that you are, S. El. 1342; διαβεβλημένος οὐ μανθάνεις Hdt. 3.1; εἰ μὴ μανθάνετε κακὰ σπεύδοντες Th. 6.39.
3. with ὅτι, Pl. R. 394b; with ὡς, Th. 1.34, etc. understand (cf Pl. Euthd. 277e), ὡς μάθω σαφέστερον A. Ch. 767; ὄψ' ἐμάθεθ' ἡμᾶς E. Ba. 1345; τὰλεγόμενα Lys. 10.15, etc.: c. dat. pers., εἴ μοι μανθάνεις if you take me, Pl. R. 394c: freq. in Dialogue, μανθάνεις; d'ye see ? Answ., πάνυ μανθάνω perfectly ! Ar. Ra. 195, cf. Pl. Men. 84d. Tht. 174b; εἶεν, μανθάνω Id. R. 372e, cf. Phd. 117b, etc. τί μαθών..; freq. in questions, lit. under what persuasion, with what idea ? hence ironically for why on earth ? τί δὴ μ. φαίνεις ἄνευ θρυαλλίδος; Ar. Ach. 826, cf. Nu. 402, 1506, Lys. 599, Pl. 908; τί τοῦτο μ. προσέγραψεν; D. 20.127 (sts. with v.l. τί παθών; what possessed you to.. ? cf. πάσχω); imitated in later Greek, Ael. Fr. 67; also indirectly, because (with a sense of disapprobation), ὅ τι μαθόντες τοὺς ξένους μὲν λέγετε ποιητὰς σοφούς Eup. 357; ὅ τι μαθὼν.. οὐχ ἡσυχίαν ἦγον Pl. Ap. 36b; σοὶ εἰς κεφαλήν, ὅ τι μαθών μου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καταψεύδη τοιοῦτο πρᾶγμα Id. Euthd. 283e, cf. 299a: even with neut. subject, ὅμως δ' ἂν κακὰ ἦν, ὅ τι μαθόντα χαίρειν ποιεῖ Id. Prt. 353d.
μανθάνω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3925;]
1. to learn, esp. by inquiry: absol., 1 Corinthians 14:31, 1 Timothy 2:11, 2 Timothy 3:7; c. acc rei, John 7:15 (sc. αὐτά ), Romans 16:17, 1 Corinthians 14:35, Philippians 4:9, 2 Timothy 3:14, Revelation 14:3; seq. quaes. indir., Matthew 9:13; Χριστόν , Ephesians 4:20 (ICC, in l); seq. ἀπό , c. gen. rei, Matthew 24:32, Mark 13:28; ἀπό , c. gen. pers., Matthew 11:29, Colossians 1:7; παρά , c. gen. pers., 2 Timothy 3:14; ἐν , c. dat. pers., 1 Corinthians 4:6; "point" aorist (M, Pr., 117), to ascertain, seq. ὅτι , Acts 23:27; c. acc seq. ἀπό , Galatians 3:2.
2. to learn by use and practice, acquire the habit of, be accustomed to: c. inf. (Bl., § 69, 4), 1 Timothy 5:4, Titus 3:14; id. c. nom, in pred. (El., § 72, 1), Philippians 4:11; c. acc rei seq. ἀπό , Hebrews 5:8; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσιν (EV, they learn to be idle; Bl., § 73, 5; Field, Notes, 210), 1 Timothy 5:13.†
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P Lond 43.1 (ii/B.C.) (= I. p. 48, Chrest, I. p. 162) πυνθανομένη μανθάνειν σε Αἰγύπτια γράμματα συνεχάρην σοι καὶ ἐμαυτῆι, ";on hearing that you are learning Egyptian letters I congratulated you and myself,"; BGU IV. 1125.10 (B.C. 13) μεμαθηκότα ̣ς ̤ τὴν προκιμένη (ν) τέχνην ἐ ̣π ̣ι ̣μ ̣ε ̣λ ̣ω ̣ς, P Ryl II. 235.12 (ii/A.D.) ἀλλὰ οὐ πρώτως σου τὸ εἰκαῖον μανθάνομεν, ";but it is not the first time we learn your heedlessness"; (Edd.). For the punctiliar μαθεῖν, ";ascertain,"; as in Acts 23:27, Galatians 3:2, cf. ib. 77.42 (A.D. 192) ἐμάθομεν τὸν Ἀχιλλέα προβαλόμενον ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἐξηγ (ητείαν) ἀπόντων ἡμῶν, ";we have learned that Achilles in our absence put himself forward for the office of exegetes"; (Edd ), P Oxy VII. 1067.6 (iii/A.D.) μάθε οὖν ὅτι ἀλλοτρίαν γυναῖκαν ἐκληρονόμησεν αὐτόν, ";know then that a strange woman is made his heir"; (Ed.), ib. XIV. 1671.20 (iii/A.D.) γράψον οὖν ἵνα τὴν διαταγὴν μάθω, ";write therefore, that I may learn the order"; (Edd.), P Tebt II. 417.24 (iii/A.D.) μάθε τοῦ Μώρου, ";find out from Morus."; The form ἐμάθαμεν (cf. Moulton Proleg. p. 51) is found in P Oxy VII. 1032.25 (A.D. 162). On the difficult 1 Timothy 5:13, where μανθάνω is practically pass. of διδάσκω, see Moulton Proleg. p. 229 : cf. Field Notes, p. 210. With 2 Timothy 3:7 we may compare Epict. i. 29. 35 ἤθελον ἔτι μανθάνειν, ";I would fain go on learning."; MGr μαθαίνω has lost the nasal : the aor. stem has prevailed over the present, but cf. also the disappearance of the ν from the MGr ἄθρωπος.
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