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noun greek

paedăgōgīum

gen. paedăgōgii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
= παιδαγωγεῖον
the place where boys of servile birth intended for pages were educated; the pages' hall
the place where boys of servile birth intended for pages were educated, the pages' hall (not ante-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
by extension
the boys in a •
In gen., the boys in a paedagogium: paedagogium pretiosā veste succingitur, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17, 2; id. Ep. 123, 7.—
boys reared for vice •
In partic., boys reared for vice: ingenuae conditionis paedagogia, Suet. Ner. 28; cf. Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152.
Perseus ID: n33343 Key: paedagogium