Aristotle Greek Lexicon παιδίον

παιδίον

paidion

little

Appears 50 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

παιδίον (parox.), τό, Dim. of παῖς (never in Trag.), A. little or young child (up to 7 yrs., acc. to Hp. ap. Ph. 1.26), Hdt. 1.110, 2.119, Ar. Pax 50; τὰ νεωστὶ γεγονότα π. Pl. Ly. 212e; ἐκ παιδίου from a child, Ar. Eq. 412, X. Cyr. 1.6.20: prov., τοῦ πατρὸς τὸ π. ‘chip of the old block’, Com.Adesp. 672, title of satire by Varro; so τῆς μητρὸς τὸ π. Str. 10.3.15 (with play on Μήτηρ). II. young slave, male or female, IG 12.329.27, 22.1554.67, 1556.22, Ar. Ra. 37, Nu. 132, Av. 1150(s. v.l.). III. τὸ παιδίον, a disease of children, prob. convulsions, dub.l. in Hp. Aër. 3

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