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παιδίον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιδίον παιδίου

Structure: παιδι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: pai=s의 지소사

Sense

  1. little child, young child

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παιδίον παιδίω παιδία
Genitive παιδίου παιδίοιν παιδίων
Dative παιδίῳ παιδίοιν παιδίοις
Accusative παιδίον παιδίω παιδία
Vocative παιδίον παιδίω παιδία

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

  • ἀνοίξασα δὲ ὁρᾷ παιδίον κλαῖον ἐν τῇ θίβει, καὶ ἐφείσατο αὐτοῦ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραὼ καὶ ἔφη. ἀπὸ τῶν παιδίων τῶν Ἑβραίων τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 2:6)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύσ. ὁρῶ τὰ ἴχνη ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 12:32)
  • τῶν δέ ἱερέων μετά γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἱκετευσάντων τὸν Θεὸν ὑπερασπίσαι τοῦ ἱεροῦ καταφρονουμένου τόπου (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 4:9)
  • ‐ αἰαῖ τῶν νεογνῶν μοι παιδίων. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 20:5)
  • Διόδοτοσ, εἷσ τῶν μετὰ Θρασύλλου καταλεγέντων ἐν τῷ Πελοποννησιακῷ πολέμῳ, μέλλων ἐκπλεῖν εἰσ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἐπὶ Γλαυκίππου ἄρχοντοσ, ἔχων νήπια παιδία, διαθήκασ ἐποιήσατο καταλιπὼν αὐτοῖσ ἐπίτροπον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ μὲν ἀδελφὸν Διογείτονα, τῶν δὲ παιδίων θεῖόν τε καὶ πάππον ἀπὸ μητρόσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 211)

Synonyms

  1. little child

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