πότε τελευτήσει τὰ τῶν γε διδασκάλων πάθη;

[jmorsay]

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Does this mean "When will the suffering of teaching end."

Is this right?

Thank you

[vbd.]

τῶν διδασϰάλων = of the teachers

[jmorsay]

My translation is : When will the suffering of the teachers end?

How can I tell that τῶν γε διδασϰάλων is the teachers rather than the teachings?

[billberg23]

How can I tell that τῶν γε διδασϰάλων is the teachers rather than the teachings?

"Teachings" would be quite a different word:  either διδασκαλία (teaching) or τὰ διδασκόμενα (the things being taught).  Their genitives would be τῆς διδασκαλίας or τῶν διδασκομένων.  Anyhow, "the sufferings of the teaching" sounds a little absurd, don't you think?

And by the way, again, note that πάθη is plural, not singular.