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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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐδὲν ὑγιὲσ ἔλεγεν, Ἄπιθι, ἔφη, ὦ παῖ, καὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ δακτύλιον φύλαττε, τοῦτον γὰρ οὐκ ἀπολώλεκασ. (Lucian, (no name) 17:3)
  • καὶ μὴν καλῶσ εἶχεν, ὦ Μαίασ παῖ, ἐκείνων γοῦν σε μεμνῆσθαι, ὅτι μηδεπώποτέ σε ἢ ἀντλεῖν ἐκέλευσα ἢ πρόσκωπον εἶναι· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 1:10)
  • τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἄν, ὦ παῖ, φθάνοισ καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ, πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἐγκαλῶν, ὃσ ἐσ τοὺσ κρατῆρασ ἥλατο καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐν Σικελίᾳ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 2:3)
  • οὐκοῦν δεῖξον, ὦ παῖ Καλλιόπησ, ἔνθα ἐστὶν χρυσίου γάρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, δέῃ σοφὸσ ὤν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 29:7)
  • σὺ δέ, ὦ παῖ, στλεγγίδα μοι καὶ βύρσαν καὶ φωσώνια καὶ ῥύμματα ναυστολεῖν ἐσ τὸ βαλανεῖον καὶ τοὐπίλουτρον κομίζειν· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 2:3)
  • εὖ δὲ λαχὼν Χαρίτων πολλοῖσ τε θαυμασθεὶσ βροτᾶν αἰῶν’ ἔλυσεν, πέντε παῖ‐ δασ μεγαινήτουσ λιπών. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 1 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. child

  2. young person

  3. slave

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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