παῖς, also
παῦς (which see), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ,
genitive plural παίδων,
Doric dialect παιδῶν[
Refs 5th c.BC+];
dative plural παισί,
Epic dialect παίδεσσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in early
Epic dialect frequently
disyllable in
nominative πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; probably also in the fifth foot, [
Refs]; and before bucolic diaeresis, [
Refs]; also in Lyric poetry, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; and in
Boeotian dialect, [
Refs], compare πῆ; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] [
Refs 8th c.BC+] (παιδ- is never
disyllable in oblique cases in [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
genitive παϊδός epigram cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
dative παϊδί probably in [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
I) in relation to Descent,
child, whether
son, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; or
daughter, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; παῖς, opposed to κόρα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an
adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in orators of legal
issue, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2)
metaphorically, ἀμπέλου π, of wine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρείας πέτρας π, of Echo, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the
penalty of perjury, Oracle texts cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+].; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3)
periphrastic, οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες
sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π, i. e. physicians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, [
Refs]; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, [
Refs]
II) in relation to Age,
child, boy or
girl, νέος π. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
substantive, π. συφορβός
boy-swineherd, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ παιδός
from a child, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π. to be just out of one's
childhood, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν παισὶ (variant{παιδὶ}) ποιμαίνων [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χορηγεῖν παισί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π, of the superstitious fears of a child, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) in relation to Condition,
slave, servant, man or
maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
plural, of the crew of a ship, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], Latin
puer.)