Strong G3129μανθάνω
to learn
- Transliteration
- manthanō
- Pronunciation
- man-than'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Prolonged from a primary verb another form of which μαθέω matheō is used as an alternate in certain tenses; to learn (in any way): - learn understand.
Detailed definition
μανθάνω
[in LXX chiefly for לָמַד;]
1. to learn, esp. by inquiry: absol., 1Co.14:31, 1Ti.2:11, 2Ti.3:7; with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.7:15 (sc. αὐτά), Rom.16:17, 1Co.14:35, Php.4:9, 2Ti.3:14, Rev.14:3; before quaes. indir., Mat.9:13; Χριστόν, Eph.4:20 (ICC, in l); before ἀπό, with genitive of thing(s), Mat.24:32, Mrk.13:28; ἀπό, with genitive of person(s), Mat.11:29, Col.1:7; παρά, with genitive of person(s), 2Ti.3:14; ἐν, with dative of person(s), 1Co.4:6; "point" aorist (M, Pr., 117), to ascertain, before ὅτι, Act.23:27; with accusative before ἀπό, Gal.3:2.
2. to learn by use and practice, acquire the habit of, be accustomed to: with inf. (Bl., § 69, 4), 1Ti.5:4, Tit.3:14; id. with nom, in pred. (El., § 72, 1), Php.4:11; with accusative of thing(s) before ἀπό, Heb.5:8; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσιν (EV, they learn to be idle; Bl., § 73, 5; Field, Notes, 210), 1Ti.5:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for לָמַד;]
1. to learn, esp. by inquiry: absol., 1Co.14:31, 1Ti.2:11, 2Ti.3:7; with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.7:15 (sc. αὐτά), Rom.16:17, 1Co.14:35, Php.4:9, 2Ti.3:14, Rev.14:3; before quaes. indir., Mat.9:13; Χριστόν, Eph.4:20 (ICC, in l); before ἀπό, with genitive of thing(s), Mat.24:32, Mrk.13:28; ἀπό, with genitive of person(s), Mat.11:29, Col.1:7; παρά, with genitive of person(s), 2Ti.3:14; ἐν, with dative of person(s), 1Co.4:6; "point" aorist (M, Pr., 117), to ascertain, before ὅτι, Act.23:27; with accusative before ἀπό, Gal.3:2.
2. to learn by use and practice, acquire the habit of, be accustomed to: with inf. (Bl., § 69, 4), 1Ti.5:4, Tit.3:14; id. with nom, in pred. (El., § 72, 1), Php.4:11; with accusative of thing(s) before ἀπό, Heb.5:8; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσιν (EV, they learn to be idle; Bl., § 73, 5; Field, Notes, 210), 1Ti.5:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3129 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- learn23
- have2
- let2
- ye2
- understand1
First verses
- Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Mark 13:28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
- John 6:45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
- John 7:15And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
- Acts 23:27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
- Romans 16:17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
- 1 Corinthians 4:6And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
- 1 Corinthians 14:31For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
- 1 Corinthians 14:35And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
- Galatians 3:2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
- Ephesians 4:20But ye have not so learned Christ;
- Philippians 4:9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
- Philippians 4:11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
- Colossians 1:7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
- 1 Timothy 2:11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- 1 Timothy 5:4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
- 1 Timothy 5:13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- 2 Timothy 3:7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μανθάνω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.80, etc.)]: future μᾰθήσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 35, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.31, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 926, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 667, “OC” 1527, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 53e, etc.)]; Doric dialect μᾰθεῦμαι uncertain in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.60; late μαθήσω 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.450, “Sect.Intr.” 9 (codex L))]: aorist ἔμᾰθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.18, etc.)]; Epic dialect ἔμμαθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.226, μάθον (see. below))]: perfect μεμάθηκα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 74, 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 10, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1148, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 9c, etc.:)]pluperfect ἐμεμαθήκη[Refs ([prev. work] 14c)]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐμεμαθήκει [Refs ([prev. author] “Men.” 86a)]; 3rd.pers. plural μεμαθήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 10)]:—passive, used by good writers only in present, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 87b, “Men.” 88b.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only the _Epic dialect_)]aorist forms μάθον, ἔμμαθες, ἔμμαθε:—learn, especially by study (but also, by practice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1103a32, “Metaphorical” 1049b31, 980b24)]; by experience, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 251 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.81a40), thrice in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἔργα κακά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.226, 18.362)]: with infinitive, μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.444: frequently later, οὐδὲ μαθόντες γινώσκουσιν 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 17; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 584)]; ταλάντου τοῦτ᾽ ἔμαθεν for a talent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 876)]; οἱ μανθάνοντες learners, pupils, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.17)]; μ. τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη learn by heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 3.5; μ. βέμβικα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1461)]; μ. τί τινος learn from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 701, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 575, etc.: with Preps., ἐσθλῶν ἄπ᾽ ἐσθλὰ μαθήσεαι)] Thgn.[same place]; μ. καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον Xenoph.[same place]; τι ἔκ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 352; ἐκ ποίων ὀνομάτων μεμαθηκὼς ἦν τὰ πράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 438a; παρά τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 859, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1012, etc.)]; παρά τινος ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.67; πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 12)]; πρὶν μάθοιμ᾽ εἰ.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 961)]: with infinitive, learn to.., or how to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.284, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1068 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 667; μ. σεαυτὸν αἰς χύνεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 244.)]
II acquire a habit of, and in past tenses, to be accustomed to.., with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.9, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 10; τοὺς μεμαθηκότας ἀριστᾶν [prev. author] “Acut.” 28)]; τὸ μεμαθηκός that which is usual, πρότερον ἢ ὕστερον τοῦ μ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mul.” 2.128)]; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσι acquire a habit of idleness, [NT (NT.1Tim.5.13.)]
III perceive, remark, notice, τὸ πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.208; ἀλλήλους μ. ὁπόσοι εἴησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.1.)]
III.2 frequently with participle, μ. τὴν νέα ἐμβαλοῦσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.88; ἔμαθον ταῦτα πρησσόμενα [prev. author] 1.160; ἵνα μάθῃ σοφιστὴς ὤν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 62; μὴ μάθῃ μ᾽ ἥκοντα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 13, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1113)]; μάνθανε ὤν know that you are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1342; διαβεβλημένος οὐ μανθάνεις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1; εἰ μὴ μανθάνετε κακὰ σπεύδοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.39.)]
III.3 with ὅτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394b)]; with ὡς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.34, etc.)]
IV understand [Refs 5th c.BC+ (cf (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 277e), ὡς μάθω σαφέστερον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 767; ὄψ᾽ ἐμάθεθ᾽ ἡμᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1345; τὰλεγόμενα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.15, etc.: with _dative_ _person_, εἴ μοι μανθάνεις)] if you take me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394c: frequently in Dialogue, μανθάνεις)]; d'ye see? Answ., πάνυ μανθάνω perfectly! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 84d. “Tht.” 174b; εἶεν, μανθάνω [prev. author] “R.” 372e, compare “Phd.” 117b, etc.)]
V τί μαθών..; frequently in questions, literal under what persuasion, with what idea? hence ironically for why on earth? τί δὴ μ. φαίνεις ἄνευ θρυαλλίδο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 826, compare “Nu.” 402, 1506, “Lys.” 599, “Pl.” 908)]; τί τοῦτο μ. προσέγραψε; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.127)] (sometimes with variant{τί παθών}; what possessed you to.. ? compare πάσχω); imitated in later Greek, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 67)]; also indirectly, because (with a sense of disapprobation), ὅ τι μαθόντες τοὺς ξένους μὲν λέγετε ποιητὰς σοφούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 357; ὅ τι μαθὼν.. οὐχ ἡσυχίαν ἦγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36b; σοὶ εἰς κεφαλήν, ὅ τι μαθών μου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καταψεύδη τοιοῦτο πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Euthd.” 283e, compare 299a)]: even with neuter subject, ὅμως δ᾽ ἂν κακὰ ἦν, ὅ τι μαθόντα χαίρειν ποιεῖ [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 353d.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.80, etc.)]: future μᾰθήσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 35, 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.31, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 926, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 667, “OC” 1527, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 53e, etc.)]; Doric dialect μᾰθεῦμαι uncertain in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.60; late μαθήσω 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.450, “Sect.Intr.” 9 (codex L))]: aorist ἔμᾰθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.18, etc.)]; Epic dialect ἔμμαθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.226, μάθον (see. below))]: perfect μεμάθηκα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 74, 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 10, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1148, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 9c, etc.:)]pluperfect ἐμεμαθήκη[Refs ([prev. work] 14c)]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐμεμαθήκει [Refs ([prev. author] “Men.” 86a)]; 3rd.pers. plural μεμαθήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 10)]:—passive, used by good writers only in present, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 87b, “Men.” 88b.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only the _Epic dialect_)]aorist forms μάθον, ἔμμαθες, ἔμμαθε:—learn, especially by study (but also, by practice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 147, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1103a32, “Metaphorical” 1049b31, 980b24)]; by experience, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 251 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.81a40), thrice in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἔργα κακά 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.226, 18.362)]: with infinitive, μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.444: frequently later, οὐδὲ μαθόντες γινώσκουσιν 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 17; ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡβᾷ τοῖς γέρουσιν εὖ μαθεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 584)]; ταλάντου τοῦτ᾽ ἔμαθεν for a talent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 876)]; οἱ μανθάνοντες learners, pupils, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.17)]; μ. τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη learn by heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 3.5; μ. βέμβικα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1461)]; μ. τί τινος learn from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 701, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 575, etc.: with Preps., ἐσθλῶν ἄπ᾽ ἐσθλὰ μαθήσεαι)] Thgn.[same place]; μ. καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον Xenoph.[same place]; τι ἔκ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 352; ἐκ ποίων ὀνομάτων μεμαθηκὼς ἦν τὰ πράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 438a; παρά τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 859, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1012, etc.)]; παρά τινος ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.67; πρός τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 12)]; πρὶν μάθοιμ᾽ εἰ.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 961)]: with infinitive, learn to.., or how to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.284, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1068 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 667; μ. σεαυτὸν αἰς χύνεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 244.)]
II acquire a habit of, and in past tenses, to be accustomed to.., with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.9, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 10; τοὺς μεμαθηκότας ἀριστᾶν [prev. author] “Acut.” 28)]; τὸ μεμαθηκός that which is usual, πρότερον ἢ ὕστερον τοῦ μ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mul.” 2.128)]; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσι acquire a habit of idleness, [NT (NT.1Tim.5.13.)]
III perceive, remark, notice, τὸ πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.208; ἀλλήλους μ. ὁπόσοι εἴησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.1.)]
III.2 frequently with participle, μ. τὴν νέα ἐμβαλοῦσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.88; ἔμαθον ταῦτα πρησσόμενα [prev. author] 1.160; ἵνα μάθῃ σοφιστὴς ὤν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 62; μὴ μάθῃ μ᾽ ἥκοντα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 13, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1113)]; μάνθανε ὤν know that you are, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1342; διαβεβλημένος οὐ μανθάνεις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1; εἰ μὴ μανθάνετε κακὰ σπεύδοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.39.)]
III.3 with ὅτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394b)]; with ὡς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.34, etc.)]
IV understand [Refs 5th c.BC+ (cf (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 277e), ὡς μάθω σαφέστερον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 767; ὄψ᾽ ἐμάθεθ᾽ ἡμᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1345; τὰλεγόμενα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.15, etc.: with _dative_ _person_, εἴ μοι μανθάνεις)] if you take me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394c: frequently in Dialogue, μανθάνεις)]; d'ye see? Answ., πάνυ μανθάνω perfectly! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 195, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 84d. “Tht.” 174b; εἶεν, μανθάνω [prev. author] “R.” 372e, compare “Phd.” 117b, etc.)]
V τί μαθών..; frequently in questions, literal under what persuasion, with what idea? hence ironically for why on earth? τί δὴ μ. φαίνεις ἄνευ θρυαλλίδο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 826, compare “Nu.” 402, 1506, “Lys.” 599, “Pl.” 908)]; τί τοῦτο μ. προσέγραψε; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.127)] (sometimes with variant{τί παθών}; what possessed you to.. ? compare πάσχω); imitated in later Greek, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 67)]; also indirectly, because (with a sense of disapprobation), ὅ τι μαθόντες τοὺς ξένους μὲν λέγετε ποιητὰς σοφούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 357; ὅ τι μαθὼν.. οὐχ ἡσυχίαν ἦγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 36b; σοὶ εἰς κεφαλήν, ὅ τι μαθών μου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων καταψεύδη τοιοῦτο πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Euthd.” 283e, compare 299a)]: even with neuter subject, ὅμως δ᾽ ἂν κακὰ ἦν, ὅ τι μαθόντα χαίρειν ποιεῖ [Refs ([prev. author] “Prt.” 353d.)]