παῖς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾰ́ῑ̈ς (páī̈s) — Epic
• παῦς (paûs)

Etymology

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

Noun

παῖς • (paîs) m or f (genitive παιδός); third declension

1. child
2. slave
3. servant

Usage notes

• The Doric genitive plural is παιδῶν (paidôn) and the Epic dative plural is παίδεσσι (paídessi).
• Alcman has accusative singular παίδα (paída).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: παιδί (paidí), -παις (-pais)

References

• “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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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.