Greek Quote #9

Το αποδημείν εί αρίστη παιδεία

Traveling is the best education.

Brief Parsing Information:

• Το is the definite article
• τὸ ἀποδημεῖν — an articular present active infinitive of ἀποδημέω, meaning “to travel,” “to be abroad,” or “to be away from home”; the phrase functions substantivally, “traveling.”
• Textual note: the form εί as commonly printed in this saying is grammatically problematic if treated as straightforward Classical Attic Greek, so it is better not to give it a confident word-by-word parsing without identifying a primary source.
• ἀρίστη — feminine nominative singular superlative adjective meaning “best” or “excellent.”
• παιδεία — feminine nominative singular noun meaning “education,” “training,” or “formation.”

This saying is commonly presented as an ancient Greek proverb, although its precise source and original wording are uncertain.