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παιδιά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιδιά̄ παιδιᾶς

Structure: παιδι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. childish play, fun, sport, game

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • χώματα μὲν γὰρ καὶ πυραμίδεσ καὶ στῆλαι καὶ ἐπιγράμματα πρὸσ ὀλίγον διαρκοῦντα πῶσ οὐ περιττὰ καὶ παιδιαῖσ προσεοικότα ; (Lucian, (no name) 20:1)
  • ἐτεκμαίρετο δὲ ταῖσ ἐκ τοῦ κηροῦ παιδιαῖσ· (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 2:4)
  • ὦ μακαρία, ἥτισ ἐν ἔρωτι καὶ ταῖσ τοιαύταισ παιδιαῖσ οἰεί τὰ πράγματα ἡμῖν εἶναι. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 2:5)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ αἱ στρατεῖαι παρατάξεισ ἀεὶ καὶ μάχασ καὶ πολιορκίασ ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ θυσίασ ἔστιν ὅτε καὶ συνουσίασ διὰ μέσου καὶ σχολὴν ἄφθονον ἐν παιδιαῖσ καὶ φλυαρίαισ δέχονται. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 6 12:3)
  • ἀρξάμενοι γὰρ ἐπὶ παιδιαῖσ διαφέρεσθαι, περὶ τροφὰσ ζῴων καὶ ἀγῶνασ οἱο͂ν ὀρτύγων ἢ ἀλεκτρυόνων, εἶτα παίδων ἐν παλαίστραισ καὶ κυνῶν ἐν θήραισ καὶ ἵππων ἐν ἁμίλλαισ, οὐκέτι κρατεῖν ἐν τοῖσ μείζοσιν οὐδὲ καταπαύειν τὸ φιλόνεικον δύνανται καὶ φιλότιμον. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 172)

Synonyms

  1. childish play

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