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didascaly

didascaly noun: any catalog of Greek drama published by Alexandrian scholars.

Noun

didascaly (plural didascalies)

  1. Any catalog of Greek drama published by Alexandrian scholars.
    • Let us follow this movement: it is épi-strophê, “conversion,” one that a didascaly in the text of The Republic signals; a famous bit of stage direction: tis lutheiê “that someone comes to be delivered” […]2014, Michel Deguy, A Man of Little Faith, page 13
    • Even when didascalies do appear to describe a set of events, the temporal frame may be difficult to pin down.2016, Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera, page 31

Forms of didascaly

pluraldidascalies

Origin of didascaly

From Ancient Greek δῐδασκᾰλίᾱ (dĭdaskălíā).

Questions about didascaly

What does didascaly mean?
Didascaly means any catalog of Greek drama published by Alexandrian scholars.
What part of speech is didascaly?
Didascaly is a noun.
What is the plural of didascaly?
The plural of didascaly is didascalies.

Words near didascaly in the dictionary

  1. didapper
  2. didappers
  3. didascalar
  4. didascalic
  5. didascalies
  6. didascaly
  7. didaskaleinophobia
  8. didcap
  9. didcaps
  10. Didcot
  11. didde

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