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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits. Cognates include Latin puer, Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá, “son”), and Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀 (puθra, “son”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pâi̯s/ → /pɛs/ → /pes/
Noun
παῖς • (paîs) m or f (genitive παιδός); third declension
- child
- slave
- 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
ὁ, ἡ παῖς ho, hē paîs
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τὼ παῖδε tṑ paîde
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οἱ, αἱ παῖδες hoi, hai paîdes
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τοῦ, τῆς παιδός toû, tês paidós
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τοῖν παίδοιν toîn paídoin
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τῶν παίδων tôn paídōn
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τῷ, τῇ παιδῐ́ tôi, têi paidí
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τοῖν παίδοιν toîn paídoin
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τοῖς, ταῖς παισῐ́ / παισῐ́ν toîs, taîs paisí(n)
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τὸν, τὴν παῖδᾰ tòn, tḕn paîda
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τὼ παῖδε tṑ paîde
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τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς παῖδᾰς toùs, tā̀s paîdas
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παῖ paî
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παῖδε paîde
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παῖδες paîdes
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Derived terms
Descendants
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.