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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παῖς παῖδε παῖδες
Genitive παιδός παίδοιν παίδων
Dative παιδί παίδοιν παισίν*
Accusative παῖδα παῖδε παῖδας
Vocative παῖ παῖδε παῖδες

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

  • παῖδε γάρ μοι ἐστὸν δύο καλώ, Ἵμεροσ καὶ Ἔρωσ, τούτω σοι παραδώσω ἡγεμόνε τῆσ ὁδοῦ γενησομένω· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 15:5)
  • γέγραπται τῷ ζήλῳ διακαήσ, τὼ παῖδε ὑποβλέπουσα καί τι δεινὸν ἐννοοῦσα· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 31:2)
  • ἣ δὲ θεῷ δμηθεῖσα καὶ ἀνέρι πολλὸν ἀρίστῳ Θήβῃ ἐν ἑπταπύλῳ διδυμάονε γείνατο παῖδε, οὐ καθ’ ὁμὰ φρονέοντε· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 3:5)
  • ὦ παῖδε Διόσ, θέμισ ἐσ φθογγὰσ τὰσ ὑμετέρασ ἡμῖν πελάθειν; (Euripides, episode, anapests1)
  • χαλκῶ μὲν γὰρ ἀμφοτέρω ἐστὸν καὶ τέχνησ τῆσ αὐτῆσ, Λυσίππου ἑκάτερον τὸ ἔργον, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον, ὁμοτίμω τὰ ἐσ γένοσ, ἅτε δὴ Διὸσ παῖδε, ὁ Διόνυσοσ οὑτοσὶ καὶ Ἡρακλῆσ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. child

  2. young person

  3. slave

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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