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παιδόφιλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιδόφιλος

Structure: παιδοφιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. child-loving, (as Παιδοφίλη ‎(Paidophílē)) an epithet of Demeter
  2. of over-fond mothers

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative παιδόφιλος παιδοφίλη παιδόφιλον
Genitive παιδοφίλου παιδοφίλης παιδοφίλου
Dative παιδοφίλῳ παιδοφίλῃ παιδοφίλῳ
Accusative παιδόφιλον παιδοφίλην παιδόφιλον
Vocative παιδόφιλε παιδοφίλη παιδόφιλον
DualN/A/V παιδοφίλω παιδοφίλᾱ παιδοφίλω
G/D παιδοφίλοιν παιδοφίλαιν παιδοφίλοιν
PluralNominative παιδόφιλοι παιδόφιλαι παιδόφιλα
Genitive παιδοφίλων παιδοφιλῶν παιδοφίλων
Dative παιδοφίλοις παιδοφίλαις παιδοφίλοις
Accusative παιδοφίλους παιδοφίλᾱς παιδόφιλα
Vocative παιδόφιλοι παιδόφιλαι παιδόφιλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective παιδόφιλος παιδοφίλου παιδοφιλότερος παιδοφιλοτέρου παιδοφιλότατος παιδοφιλοτάτου
Adverb παιδοφίλως παιδοφιλότερον παιδοφιλότατα

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

  • ζητεῖτ’ ἄλλο τι, παιδοφίλαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 444)
  • παύετε, παιδοφίλαι, κενεὸν πόνον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1451)

Synonyms

  1. of over-fond mothers

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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