παῖς

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Alternative spellings

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Noun

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

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] References

Strong’s concordance number: G3816

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