παιδεραστής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of παῖς (paîs, “boy”) +‎ ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.de.ras.tɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.de.rasˈte̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðe.rasˈtis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðe.rasˈtis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðe.rasˈtis/

Noun

παιδεραστής • (paiderastḗs) m (genitive παιδεραστοῦ); first declension

(derogatory) lover of boys, pederast

Declension

First declension of ὁ παιδεραστής; τοῦ παιδεραστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιδεραστής ho paiderastḗs	τὼ παιδεραστᾱ́ tṑ paiderastā́	οἱ παιδερασταί hoi paiderastaí
Genitive	τοῦ παιδεραστοῦ toû paiderastoû	τοῖν παιδερασταῖν toîn paiderastaîn	τῶν παιδεραστῶν tôn paiderastôn
Dative	τῷ παιδεραστῇ tôi paiderastêi	τοῖν παιδερασταῖν toîn paiderastaîn	τοῖς παιδερασταῖς toîs paiderastaîs
Accusative	τὸν παιδεραστήν tòn paiderastḗn	τὼ παιδεραστᾱ́ tṑ paiderastā́	τοὺς παιδεραστᾱ́ς toùs paiderastā́s
Vocative	παιδεραστᾰ́ paiderastá	παιδεραστᾱ́ paiderastā́	παιδερασταί paiderastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

παιδεραστίᾱ (paiderastíā)

Descendants

→ Albanian: pederast
→ Bulgarian: педераст (pederast)
→ Czech: pederast
→ Dutch: pederast
→ French: pædéraste
→ French: pédéraste
- → English: pederast
- → Italian: pederasta
- → Polish: pederasta
- → Romanian: pederast
- ⇒ French: pédé, PD
  - → Vietnamese: pê-đê, pê đê, bê-đê, bê đê
Greek: παιδεραστής (paiderastís)
→ Macedonian: педераст (pederast)
→ Russian: педераст (pederast)
- Russian: пидорас (pidoras)
→ Serbo-Croatian: педѐраст (“fag, queer, pederast”), pedèrast

See also

παιδόφιλος (paidóphilos)

Further reading

“παιδεραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“παιδεραστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
παιδεραστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs).

Noun

παιδεραστής • (paiderastís) m (plural παιδεραστές, feminine παιδεράστρια)

Declension

Declension of παιδεραστής

	singular	plural
nominative	παιδεραστής •	παιδεραστές •
genitive	παιδεραστή •	παιδεραστών •
accusative	παιδεραστή •	παιδεραστές •
vocative	παιδεραστή •	παιδεραστές •

Related terms

παιδεραστία f (paiderastía, “paederasty”)

See also

σοδομίτης m (sodomítis, “sodomite”)

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