A.process or system of education (“παιδείας παράδοσις” Pl.Def.416a), Hdt.4.78, 6.128, Ar.Nu.986, 1043; “τροφὴ καὶ π.” Pl.Criti.110c, R.424a; “ξενικὴν π. παιδεύειν” Id.Hp.Ma.284c; τὴν ὑπ᾽ ἀρετῆς Ἡρακλέους π. his education by virtue, X.Mem.2.1.34; (“Ἕλληνας καλεῖσθαι τοὺς τῆς π. τῆς ἡμετέρας μετέχοντας” Isoc.4.50, cf. 3.57; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους π. instruction in rhetoric, Id.11.49: in pl., “τροφαὶ καὶ -σεις” Pl.Lg. 926e.
2. its result, culture, learning. Ar.Th.175, Antipho Soph. 60, Isoc.9.78, Pl.Prt.349a, Arist.Rh.1399a13.