παῖς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πάϊς
• παῦς

Etymology

From the root *παϝις, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂u-. Cognates include Latin puer, Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá, “son”), and Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puʮra, “son”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [pá͜ɪ̀s]
• (Koine): IPA: [pɛːs]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [pes]

Noun

παῖς (genitive παιδός) m/f, third declension; (pais)

1. child, son, daughter
2. young person, child, boy, girl
3. slave, servant

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ/ἡ παῖς	τώ παῖδε	οἱ/αἱ παῖδες
Genitive	τοῦ/τῆς παιδός	τοῖν παιδοῖν	τῶν παίδων
Dative	τῷ/τῇ παιδί	τοῖν παιδοῖν	τοῖς/ταῖς παισί(ν)
Accusative	τόν/τήν παῖδᾰ	τώ παῖδε	τούς/τάς παῖδᾰς
Vocative	παῖ	παῖδε	παῖδες

Usage notes

The Doric genitive plural is παιδῶν and the Epic dative plural is παίδεσσι.

Derived terms

• παιδαγωγός
• παιδεύω
• παιδοκτόνος
• παιδογονία
• παιδοποιός
• παιδοτροφός
• παιδότρωτος
• παιδοφιλία
• παιδότρωτος

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G3816