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παῖς

pais

child

Appears 525 times across Plato's dialogues.

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παῖς, also παῦς (q. v.), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, gen. pl. παίδων, Dor. παιδῶν Greg.Cor.p.317 S.; dat. pl. παισί, Ep. παίδεσσι Od. 3.381, etc.; in early Ep. freq. disyll. in nom. πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, Il. 2.609, 5.704, etc.; prob. also in the fifth foot, 9.57, 11.389; and before bucolic diaeresis, 2.205, al.; also in Lyr., Sapph. 38, 85; and in Boeot., IG 7.690, al. (Tanagra), cf. πῆς; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] Od. 24.192 (παιδ- is never disyll. in oblique cases in Hom.); acc. πάϊν A.R. 4.697, AP 3.8 (Inscr. Cyzic.), 9.125; gen. παϊδός Epigr. ap. Luc. Symp. 41; dat. παϊδί prob. in Anacr. 17: I. in relation to Descent, child, whether son, Il. 2.205,609, al. (with special reference to the father, opp. τέκνον, q.v.): pl., Th. 1.4, etc.; or daughter, Il. 1.20,443, 3.175; παῖδες ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι Pl. Lg. 788a; παῖς, opp. κόρα, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.7 (Locr., v. B.C.); of an adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην Il. 9.494; παίδων παῖδες, τοί κεν μετόπισθε γένωνται 20.308, cf. Pi. N. 7.100, Inscr.Cypr. 135.11 H., etc.; Ἀγήνορος παῖδες ἐκ παίδων E. Ph. 281; freq. in orators of legal issue, Isoc. 19.9, Is. 7.31, etc.; of animals, A. Ag. 50 (anap.). 2. metaph., ἀμπέλου π., of wine, Pi. N. 9.52; χορῶν ἐραστὴς κισσὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ δὲ παῖς Chaerem. 5; ὀρείας πέτρας π., of Echo, E. Hec. 1110; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the penalty of perjury, Orac. ap. Hdt. 6.86.γʹ; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, A. Pers. 578 (lyr.). 3. periphr., οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, Hdt. 1.27, cf. 5.49; π. Ἑλλήνων A. Pers. 402; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π., i. e. physicians, Pl. R. 407e; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, Id. Lg. 769b; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, Luc. Anach. 19; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, Id. Dips. 5, Im. 9; cf. υἱός 2. II. in relation to Age, child, boy or girl, νέος π. Od. 4.665; παῖδες νεαροί Il. 2.289; σμίκρα π. Sapph. 34: with another Subst., π. συφορβός boy-swineherd, Il. 21.282; παῖδα κόρην γαμεῖν Ar. Lys. 595; ἐν παισὶ νέοισι π. Pi. N. 3.72; π. ἔτʼ ὤν A. Ch. 755, cf. Il. 11.710; ἔτι π. Pl. Prt. 310e; παιδὸς μηδὲν βελτίων ib.342e: distd. from παιδίον, μειράκιον, Hp. Hebd. 5, cf. X. Smp. 4.17, Cyr. 8.7.6, 1.2.4; ἐκ παιδός from a child, Pl. R. 374c; ἐκ παιδὸς εἰς γῆρας Aeschin. 1.180; ἐκ τῶν παίδων εὐθύς Pl. Lg. 694d, cf. R. 386a; ἀκούων τῶν παίδων εὐθύς Id. Lg. 642b; εὐθὺς ἐκ παίδων ἐξελθών D. 21.154; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π. to be just out of oneʼs childhood, X. HG 5.4.25; ἐκ μικρῶν π. Arist. Pol. 1336a14; [Ἡρακλῆς] ἐν παισὶν ὄφεις ἀπέκτεινεν D.C. 56.36; ἐν παισὶ (v.l. παιδὶ) ποιμαίνων Hdn. 6.8.1; χορηγεῖν παισί (cf. χορηγέω II): prov., τοῦτο κἂν π. γνοίη Pl. Euthd. 279d; δῆλον τοῦτό γε ἤδη καὶ παιδί Id. Smp. 204b; παῖδας [τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ] ἀπέφηνε Luc. Peregr. 11, cf. Alex. 4; ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π., of the superstitious fears of a child, Pl. Phd. 77e, cf. Porph. Abst. 1.41. III. in relation to Condition, slave, servant, man or maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ A. Ch. 653, cf. Ar. Ach. 395, Epicr. 5.2, etc.; παῖ, παιδίον Ar. Nu. 132: pl., of the crew of a ship, D. 33.8. (From *παϝις, cf. παῦρος, Lat. puer.)
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