παῖς
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits, from the Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wids, from *peh₂w-. Cognates include the Latin puer, Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá, “son”), and Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra, “son”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pái̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pɛs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pɛs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pes/
Noun[edit]
παῖς • (paîs) m, f (genitive παιδός); third declension
Usage notes[edit]
- The Doric genitive plural is παιδῶν and the Epic dative plural is παίδεσσι.
- Alcman has accusative singular παίδα.
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ παῖς ho, hē paîs |
τὼ παῖδε tṑ paîde |
οἱ, αἱ παῖδες hoi, hai paîdes |
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Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς παιδός toû, tês paidós |
τοῖν παίδοιν toîn paídoin |
τῶν παίδων tôn paídōn |
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Dative | τῷ, τῇ παιδῐ́ tôi, têi paidí |
τοῖν παίδοιν toîn paídoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς παισῐ́(ν) toîs, taîs paisí(n) |
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Accusative | τὸν, τὴν παῖδᾰ tòn, tḕn paîda |
τὼ παῖδε tṑ paîde |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς παῖδᾰς toùs, tā̀s paîdas |
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Vocative | παῖ paî |
παῖδε paîde |
παῖδες paîdes |
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Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds. |
Derived terms[edit]
- ἀντίπαις (antípais)
- παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós)
- παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs)
- παιδεύω (paideúō)
- παιδικός (paidikós)
- παιδοκτόνος (paidoktónos)
- παιδογονία (paidogonía)
- παιδοποιός (paidopoiós)
- παιδοτρίβης (paidotríbēs)
- παιδοτροφός (paidotrophós)
- παιδότρωτος (paidótrōtos)
- παιδόφιλος (paidóphilos)
- παιδότρωτος (paidótrōtos)
References[edit]
- παῖς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- παῖς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- παῖς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παῖς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- παῖς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “G3816”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- babe idem, page 57.
- boy idem, page 92.
- child idem, page 129.
- damsel idem, page 194.
- daughter idem, page 196.
- family idem, page 305.
- girl idem, page 359.
- lad idem, page 473.
- maid idem, page 507.
- minor idem, page 531.
- offspring idem, page 571.
- progeny idem, page 653.
- scullion idem, page 743.
- slave idem, page 782.
- son idem, page 793.
- varlet idem, page 944.
- virgin idem, page 954.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek perispomenon terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension