paedagogus

• pēdagōgus

From Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós, “pedagogue; teacher; guide”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pae̯.daˈɡoː.ɡus/, [päe̯d̪äˈɡoːɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.daˈɡo.ɡus/, [ped̪äˈɡɔːɡus]

paedagōgus m (genitive paedagōgī); second declension

1. pedagogue, governor

Among the Romans, these were educated slaves or freedman who were used to educate Roman children. They were generally of Greek origin.

Second-declension noun.

• “paedagogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paedagogus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paedagogus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “paedagogus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “paedagogus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin