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

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pá͜ɪs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pɛːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /pes/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /pes/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /pes/

Noun

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

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

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ/ἡ παῖς	τὼ παῖδε	οἱ/αἱ παῖδες
Genitive	τοῦ/τῆς παιδός	τοῖν παιδοῖν	τῶν παίδων
Dative	τῷ/τῇ παιδί	τοῖν παιδοῖν	τοῖς/ταῖς παισί(ν)
Accusative	τὸν/τὴν παῖδᾰ	τὼ παῖδε	τοὺς/τὰς παῖδᾰς
Vocative	παῖ	παῖδε	παῖδες

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• ἀντίπαις (antipais)
• παιδαγωγός (paidagōgos)
• παιδεύω (paideuō)
• παιδοκτόνος (paidoktonos)
• παιδογονία (paidogonia)
• παιδοποιός (paidopoios)
• παιδοτροφός (paidotrophos)
• παιδότρωτος (paidotrōtos)
• παιδοφιλία (paidophilia)
• παιδότρωτος (paidotrōtos)

References

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