παιδεραστία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”) (from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to lοve”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.de.ras.tí.aː/ → /pɛ.ðe.rasˈti.a/ → /pe.ðe.rasˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.de.ras.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.de.rasˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðe.rasˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðe.rasˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðe.rasˈti.a/

Noun

παιδεραστίᾱ • (paiderastíā) f (genitive παιδεραστίᾱς); first declension

1. love of boys

Inflection

First declension of ἡ παιδεραστίᾱ; τῆς παιδεραστίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ παιδεραστίᾱ hē paiderastíā
Genitive	τῆς παιδεραστίᾱς tês paiderastíās
Dative	τῇ παιδεραστίᾳ têi paiderastíāi
Accusative	τὴν παιδεραστίᾱν tḕn paiderastíān
Vocative	παιδεραστίᾱ paiderastíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: pederastice, pederasty
• Greek: παιδεραστία (paiderastía)
• Latin: paederastia

References

• “παιδεραστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παιδεραστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παιδεραστία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παιδεραστίᾱ (paiderastíā, “love of boys”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ðe.ɾasˈti.a/

Noun

παιδεραστία • (paiderastía) f (plural παιδεραστίες)

1. pederasty
2. (loosely) sodomy

Declension

Declension of παιδεραστία

	singular	plural
nominative	παιδεραστία •	παιδεραστίες •
genitive	παιδεραστίας •	παιδεραστιών •
accusative	παιδεραστία •	παιδεραστίες •
vocative	παιδεραστία •	παιδεραστίες •

Related terms

• παιδεραστής m (paiderastís, “paederast”)

See also

• σοδομισμός m (sodomismós, “sodomy”)
• σοδομία f (sodomía, “sodomy”)