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παῖς

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: παῖς παιδός

Structure: παιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. child, son, daughter
  2. young person, child, boy, girl
  3. slave, servant

Declension

Third 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

  • ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ἡμέρα γενέσεωσ ἦν Φαραώ, καὶ ἐποίει πότον πᾶσι τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐμνήσθη τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ οἰνοχόου καὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τοῦ σιτοποιοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:20)
  • Ἤρεσε δὲ τὸ ρῆμα ἐναντίον Φαραὼ καὶ ἐναντίον πάντων τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:37)
  • παῤ ᾧ ἂν εὕρῃσ τὸ κόνδυ τῶν παίδων σου, ἀποθνησκέτω. καὶ ἡμεῖσ δὲ ἐσόμεθα παῖδεσ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 44:9)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰούδασ. τί ἀντεροῦμεν τῷ κυρίῳ, ἢ τί λαλήσομεν, ἢ τί δικαιωθῶμεν̣ ὁ Θεὸσ δὲ εὗρε τὴν ἀδικίαν τῶν παίδων σου. ἰδού ἐσμεν οἰκέται τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, καὶ ἡμεῖσ καὶ παῤ ᾧ εὑρέθη τὸ κόνδυ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 44:16)
  • εἶπαν δὲ τῷ Φαραώ. παροικεῖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ἥκαμεν. οὐ γάρ ἐστι νομὴ τοῖσ κτήνεσι τῶν παίδων σου, ἐνίσχυσε γὰρ ὁ λιμὸσ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν. νῦν οὖν κατοικήσωμεν οἱ παῖδέσ σου ἐν γῇ Γεσέμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 47:4)

Synonyms

  1. child

  2. young person

  3. slave

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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