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P. and V. [[παῖς]], ὁ or ἡ, Ar. and V. [[τέκνον]], τό (rare P.), [[τέκος]], τό, [[γόνος]], ὁ, V. [[γονή]], ἡ, [[γέννημα]], τό, [[γένεθλον]], τό, [[σπέρμα]], τό (rare P.), [[σπορά]], ἡ; see [[son]], [[daughter]].
[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παῖς]], ὁ or ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τέκνον]], τό (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[τέκος]], τό, [[γόνος]], ὁ, [[verse|V.]] [[γονή]], ἡ, [[γέννημα]], τό, [[γένεθλον]], τό, [[σπέρμα]], τό (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[σπορά]], ἡ; see [[son]], [[daughter]].


<b class="b2">Off-spring</b>: P. and V. [[ἔκγονος]], ὁ or ἡ.
children: [[τέκνα]], [[παῖδες]], [[παιδία]]


<b class="b2">Scion</b>: V. [[θάλος]], τό, [[βλάστημα]], τό Ar. and V. [[ἔρνος]], τό; see [[scion]].
[[off-spring]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔκγονος]], ὁ or ἡ.


<b class="b2">Little child, infant</b>: P. and V. [[νήπιος]], ὁ or ἡ (Plat., ''Ant.''), Ar. and P. [[παιδάριον]], τό, [[παιδίον]], τό, Ar. [[τεκνίδιον]], τό.
[[scion]]: [[verse|V.]] [[θάλος]], τό, [[βλάστημα]], τό [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔρνος]], τό; see [[scion]].


<b class="b2">Babe</b>: V. [[βρέφος]], τό, [[τυτθός]], ὁ or ἡ.
[[little child]], [[infant]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[νήπιος]], ὁ or ἡ ([[Plato]], ''[[Antigone]]''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[παιδάριον]], τό, [[παιδίον]], τό, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[τεκνίδιον]], τό.


<b class="b2">Of children</b>, adj.: P. and V. [[παίδειος]] (Plat.).
[[babe]]: [[verse|V.]] [[βρέφος]], τό, [[τυτθός]], ὁ or ἡ.


<b class="b2">Of infants</b>: V. [[νήπιος]].
[[of children]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παίδειος]] ([[Plato]]).


<b class="b2">Blest in one's children</b>: Ar. and V. [[εὔπαις]], V. [[εὔτεκνος]].
[[of infants]]: [[verse|V.]] [[νήπιος]].


<b class="b2">Be blest in one's children</b>, v.: V. εὐτεκνεῖν (Eur., <b class="b2">Frag.</b>).
[[blest in one's children]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὔπαις]], [[verse|V.]] [[εὔτεκνος]].


<b class="b2">Blessing of good children</b>, subs.: Ar. and V. [[εὐπαιδία]], .
[[be blest in one's children]], v.: [[verse|V.]] [[εὐτεκνεῖν]]; ([[Euripides]], ''Fragment'').


<b class="b2">Cursed in one's children</b>, adj.: V. [[δύστεκνος]].
[[blessing of good children]], '''substantive''': [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐπαιδία]], ἡ.


<b class="b2">Having two children</b>: V. [[δίπαις]].
[[cursed in one's children]], adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[δύστεκνος]].


<b class="b2">Having fifty children</b>: V. πεντηκοντάπαις.
[[having two children]]: [[verse|V.]] [[δίπαις]].


<b class="b2">Having fair children</b>: V. [[καλλίπαις]].
[[having fifty children]]: [[verse|V.]] [[πεντηκοντάπαις]].


<b class="b2">Loving one 's children</b>: Ar. and V. [[φιλότεκνος]].
[[having fair children]]: [[verse|V.]] [[καλλίπαις]].


<b class="b2">Murder one's children</b>, v.: V. παιδοκτονεῖν.
[[loving one 's children]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φιλότεκνος]].


<b class="b2">Murdering one's children</b>, adj.: V. [[παιδοκτόνος]].
[[murder one's children]], v.: [[verse|V.]] [[παιδοκτονεῖν]].


<b class="b2">The guilt of child-murder</b>: V. τεκνοκτόνον [[μύσος]] (Eur., ''H.F.'' 1155).
[[murdering one's children]], adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[παιδοκτόνος]].


<b class="b2">From a child</b>: see from childhood under [[childhood]].
[[the guilt of child-murder]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τεκνοκτόνον μύσος]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hercules Furens]]'' 1155).
 
[[from a child]]: see [[from childhood]] under [[childhood]].
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Ewe: vi; Faroese: barn; Finnish: lapsi, kakara, mukula, muksu, nappula, skidi, pentu, tytär, tyttö, poika, nahkapokaali, ipana, nulikka, natiainen, vaahtosammutin, penikka, penska, napero, kersa, räkänokka, riiviö, piltti, taapero, junnu, toukka, kakru, pirpana, tenava, vekara; French: [[enfant]]; Galician: nena, neno; Georgian: ბავშვი, შვილი, ძე, ასული; German: [[Kind]]; Alemannic German: Chind; Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃, 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽; Greek: [[παιδί]], [[τέκνο]]; Ancient Greek: [[παῖς]], [[παιδίον]], [[τέκνον]], [[γόνος]]; Greenlandic: meeraq; Gujarati: બાળક; Haitian Creole: timoun; Hausa: ya'ya; Hawaiian: keiki; Hebrew: יֶלֶד‎, יַלְדָּה‎, בֵּן‎, בַּת‎; Hindi: बच्चा, बेटा, बेटी, शिशु, बालक, लड़का, लड़की, छोरा, छोरी, बच्ची, बचा, बालक, बालकी, बालिका; Hungarian: gyerek, gyermek; Iban: anak; Icelandic: barn, krakki; Ido: infanto, infantulo, infantino, puero, puerulo, puerino, filio, filiulo, filiino; Ilocano: anak; Inari Sami: páárnáš; Indonesian: anak, kanak; Ingrian: lapsi; Interlingua: filia; Irish: páiste, clann; Italian: [[bambino]], [[bambina]], [[figlio]], [[figlia]]; Jamaican Creole: pickney; Japanese: 子供, 子; Javanese: anak, putra, bocah, laré; Judeo-Tat: гIэиль; Kabuverdianu: fidju; Kabyle: agrud; Kalenjin: lakwet; Kannada: ಹಸುಳೆ, ಮಗು; Kashubian: òtrok; Kazakh: бала; Khmer: កូន; Kikuyu: mwana Korean: 어린이, 아이, 애; Krio: pikin; Kumyk: яш; Kurdish Central Kurdish: منداڵ‎, مناڵ‎, زارۆک‎; Northern Kurdish: zarok; Kyrgyz: бала, наристе; Ladino: kreatura, kriatura; Laboya: ana; Lao: ເດັກນ້ອຍ, ລູກ, ເດັກ; Latgalian: bārns; Latin: [[filius]], [[filia]]; Latvian: bērns; Lezgi: аял; Lithuanian: vaikas; Livonian: läpš; Low German: Kind; Luhya: omwana; Luo: nyithindo; Luxembourgish: Kand; Lü: ᦟᦴᧅ; Macedonian: дете, чедо; Malay: budak, anak; Rumi: anak; Jawi: انق‎; Malayalam: കുട്ടി; Maltese: tfal, ibna, tifel; Maori: pangore, tamaiti; Mari: ньога; Maricopa: humar; Mazanderani: وچه‎; Middle English: child, barn; Middle Korean: 아ᄒᆡ〮; Mirandese: criança; Mon: ကွေန်; Mongolian: хүүхэд; Mwani: mwana; Nama: ǀgôa-i; Navajo: awééʼ, áłchíní; Ngarrindjeri: porli; Nigerian Pidgin: pikin; Norman: êfant, avé, mousse; North Frisian Föhr-Amrum: jongen; Mooring: bjarn; Sylt: Jungen; Northern Ohlone: šiiniinikma; Northern Sami: mánná; Northern Thai: ᩃᩪᨠ, ᨯᩮᩢ᩠ᨠ; Norwegian Bokmål: barn; Nynorsk: barn; Nyunga: koorlingah; O'odham: ali; Old Church Slavonic: чѧдо, дѣтѧ; Old English: ċild, bearn; Old Norse: barn; Old Prussian: malnīks; Pali Devanagari: दारको; Pali Latin: darako; Pashto: ماشوم‎, کوچنۍ‎; Pennsylvania German: Kind; Persian: بچه‎, کودک‎, فرزند‎, کر‎; Pite Sami: mánná; Pitjantjatjara: tjitji; Plautdietsch: Kjint; Polabian: våtrük; Polish: dziecko, dziecię; Portuguese: [[filho]], [[filha]], [[criança]]; Punjabi: ਬੱਚਾ; Quechua: wamra; Romanian: fiu, fiică, copil, copilă; Romansch: uffant, affon, unfànt, unfant, iffaunt; Russian: [[ребёнок]], [[дитя]], [[чадо]]; Rusyn: дїтя, дїтина; Saek: แด๊ก; Samogitian: vāks; Sanskrit: शिशु, बालक, जात or; Santali: ᱜᱳᱱ; Scots: bairn; Scottish Gaelic: pàisde, leanabh; Seraiki: ٻال‎; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: дете, дијете, чедо; Roman: dete, dijete, čedo; Shan: လုၵ်ႈ; Sindhi: ٻارُ‎; Sinhalese: ළමයා; Skolt Sami: päärnaž; Slovak: dieťa; Slovene: otrok, dete; Slovincian: vuôtrôk; Somali: caruur, canug; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: źiśe, góle; Upper Sorbian: dźěćo; Sotho: ngwana; Southern Amami-Oshima: warabɨ; Spanish: [[hijo]], [[hija]], [[niño]], [[niña]]; Sundanese: murangkalih; Swahili: mtoto, mwana; Swedish: barn; Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ, ꠢꠥꠞꠥꠔꠣ; Tagalog: anak; Tai Dam: ꪩꪴꪀ; Tai Nüa: ᥘᥧᥐ; Tajik: кӯдак; Talysh: باله‎, خردن‎; Tamil: குழந்தை, மக; Taos: ȕ'úna; Tatar: бала; Telugu: పాప; Thai: ลูก, เด็ก, ศิศุ; Tibetan: ཕྲུ་གུ, ཨ་བ; Tigrinya: ሕጻን, ቆልዓ; Tok Pisin: pikinini; Turkish: çocuk; Turkmen: çaga; Tuvan: уруг; Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎍𐎄; Ukrainian: дитина, дитя, дитятко; Urdu: بچہ‎, بیٹا‎, بیٹی‎; Uyghur: بالا‎; Uzbek: bola; Veps: laps'; Vietnamese: đứa bé, đứa trẻ, con; Volapük: cil, hicil, jicil, son, daut, jison, cilef; Votic: lahsi; Welsh: plentyn; West Frisian: bern; Westrobothnian: bån, omaga, gnadd, kläpp; Wolof: xale, gune; Wutunhua: galamala; Xhosa: umntwana; Yiddish: קינד‎; Yoruba: o̩mo̩, èwe, ọmọ; Zazaki: qeç, tut, lorek; Zealandic: kind; Zhuang: lwg, lwgnyez; Zulu: umntwana, ingane; ǃXóõ: ʘqa̰a
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substantive

P. and V. παῖς, ὁ or ἡ, Ar. and V. τέκνον, τό (rare P.), τέκος, τό, γόνος, ὁ, V. γονή, ἡ, γέννημα, τό, γένεθλον, τό, σπέρμα, τό (rare P.), σπορά, ἡ; see son, daughter.

children: τέκνα, παῖδες, παιδία

off-spring: P. and V. ἔκγονος, ὁ or ἡ.

scion: V. θάλος, τό, βλάστημα, τό Ar. and V. ἔρνος, τό; see scion.

little child, infant: P. and V. νήπιος, ὁ or ἡ (Plato, Antigone), Ar. and P. παιδάριον, τό, παιδίον, τό, Ar. τεκνίδιον, τό.

babe: V. βρέφος, τό, τυτθός, ὁ or ἡ.

of children, adj.: P. and V. παίδειος (Plato).

of infants: V. νήπιος.

blest in one's children: Ar. and V. εὔπαις, V. εὔτεκνος.

be blest in one's children, v.: V. εὐτεκνεῖν; (Euripides, Fragment).

blessing of good children, substantive: Ar. and V. εὐπαιδία, ἡ.

cursed in one's children, adj.: V. δύστεκνος.

having two children: V. δίπαις.

having fifty children: V. πεντηκοντάπαις.

having fair children: V. καλλίπαις.

loving one 's children: Ar. and V. φιλότεκνος.

murder one's children, v.: V. παιδοκτονεῖν.

murdering one's children, adj.: V. παιδοκτόνος.

the guilt of child-murder: V. τεκνοκτόνον μύσος (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1155).

from a child: see from childhood under childhood.

Translations

Abkhaz: аԥшқа, асаби; Adyghe: сабый; Afrikaans: kind; Albanian: fëmijë, bemile, kalaman; Amharic: ልጅ, ብላቴና; Arabic: وَلَد‎, اِبْن‎, اِبْنَة‎; Aramaic Classical Syriac: ܙܪܥܐ‎; Armenian: երեխա, զավակ; Assamese: ল'ৰা-ছোৱালী, ছলি, শিশু; Asturian: fíu, fía; Avar: лъимер; Azerbaijani: uşaq, bala, çağa, övlad; Baluchi: چک‎; Bashkir: бала; Basque: sein, ume; Belarusian: дзіця, дзіцё, рабёнак; Bengali: শিশু, ওলদ; Borôro: ore; Bouyei: leg; Breton: bugel; Bulgarian: дете, рожба; Burmese: ကလေး; Catalan: nen, nena, fill, filla; Central Melanau: aneak; Chechen: бер; Cherokee: ᎠᏳᎴ, ᎠᏲᏟ; Chickasaw: chipota, inchipota; Chinese Cantonese: 仔女, 細路, 細蚊仔, 細路哥, 細路仔; Dungan: хэзы, щёхэр, вава, ва; Hakka: 細人仔, 细人仔; Mandarin: 小孩, 小孩子, 孩子, 小孩兒, 小孩儿; Min Dong: 伲囝; Min Nan: 囡仔; Teochew: 孥囝; Wu: 小囡; Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: lx; Chuvash: ача; Cornish: flogh; Crimean Tatar: bala, evlât; Czech: dítě; Danish: barn, børn; Dutch: kind; Elfdalian: kripp; Eshtehardi: لَزَک‎; Esperanto: infano, infanino; Estonian: laps; Ewe: vi; Faroese: barn; Finnish: lapsi, kakara, mukula, muksu, nappula, skidi, pentu, tytär, tyttö, poika, nahkapokaali, ipana, nulikka, natiainen, vaahtosammutin, penikka, penska, napero, kersa, räkänokka, riiviö, piltti, taapero, junnu, toukka, kakru, pirpana, tenava, vekara; French: enfant; Galician: nena, neno; Georgian: ბავშვი, შვილი, ძე, ასული; German: Kind; Alemannic German: Chind; Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃, 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽; Greek: παιδί, τέκνο; Ancient Greek: παῖς, παιδίον, τέκνον, γόνος; Greenlandic: meeraq; Gujarati: બાળક; Haitian Creole: timoun; Hausa: ya'ya; Hawaiian: keiki; Hebrew: יֶלֶד‎, יַלְדָּה‎, בֵּן‎, בַּת‎; Hindi: बच्चा, बेटा, बेटी, शिशु, बालक, लड़का, लड़की, छोरा, छोरी, बच्ची, बचा, बालक, बालकी, बालिका; Hungarian: gyerek, gyermek; Iban: anak; Icelandic: barn, krakki; Ido: infanto, infantulo, infantino, puero, puerulo, puerino, filio, filiulo, filiino; Ilocano: anak; Inari Sami: páárnáš; Indonesian: anak, kanak; Ingrian: lapsi; Interlingua: filia; Irish: páiste, clann; Italian: bambino, bambina, figlio, figlia; Jamaican Creole: pickney; Japanese: 子供, 子; Javanese: anak, putra, bocah, laré; Judeo-Tat: гIэиль; Kabuverdianu: fidju; Kabyle: agrud; Kalenjin: lakwet; Kannada: ಹಸುಳೆ, ಮಗು; Kashubian: òtrok; Kazakh: бала; Khmer: កូន; Kikuyu: mwana Korean: 어린이, 아이, 애; Krio: pikin; Kumyk: яш; Kurdish Central Kurdish: منداڵ‎, مناڵ‎, زارۆک‎; Northern Kurdish: zarok; Kyrgyz: бала, наристе; Ladino: kreatura, kriatura; Laboya: ana; Lao: ເດັກນ້ອຍ, ລູກ, ເດັກ; Latgalian: bārns; Latin: filius, filia; Latvian: bērns; Lezgi: аял; Lithuanian: vaikas; Livonian: läpš; Low German: Kind; Luhya: omwana; Luo: nyithindo; Luxembourgish: Kand; Lü: ᦟᦴᧅ; Macedonian: дете, чедо; Malay: budak, anak; Rumi: anak; Jawi: انق‎; Malayalam: കുട്ടി; Maltese: tfal, ibna, tifel; Maori: pangore, tamaiti; Mari: ньога; Maricopa: humar; Mazanderani: وچه‎; Middle English: child, barn; Middle Korean: 아ᄒᆡ〮; Mirandese: criança; Mon: ကွေန်; Mongolian: хүүхэд; Mwani: mwana; Nama: ǀgôa-i; Navajo: awééʼ, áłchíní; Ngarrindjeri: porli; Nigerian Pidgin: pikin; Norman: êfant, avé, mousse; North Frisian Föhr-Amrum: jongen; Mooring: bjarn; Sylt: Jungen; Northern Ohlone: šiiniinikma; Northern Sami: mánná; Northern Thai: ᩃᩪᨠ, ᨯᩮᩢ᩠ᨠ; Norwegian Bokmål: barn; Nynorsk: barn; Nyunga: koorlingah; O'odham: ali; Old Church Slavonic: чѧдо, дѣтѧ; Old English: ċild, bearn; Old Norse: barn; Old Prussian: malnīks; Pali Devanagari: दारको; Pali Latin: darako; Pashto: ماشوم‎, کوچنۍ‎; Pennsylvania German: Kind; Persian: بچه‎, کودک‎, فرزند‎, کر‎; Pite Sami: mánná; Pitjantjatjara: tjitji; Plautdietsch: Kjint; Polabian: våtrük; Polish: dziecko, dziecię; Portuguese: filho, filha, criança; Punjabi: ਬੱਚਾ; Quechua: wamra; Romanian: fiu, fiică, copil, copilă; Romansch: uffant, affon, unfànt, unfant, iffaunt; Russian: ребёнок, дитя, чадо; Rusyn: дїтя, дїтина; Saek: แด๊ก; Samogitian: vāks; Sanskrit: शिशु, बालक, जात or; Santali: ᱜᱳᱱ; Scots: bairn; Scottish Gaelic: pàisde, leanabh; Seraiki: ٻال‎; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: дете, дијете, чедо; Roman: dete, dijete, čedo; Shan: လုၵ်ႈ; Sindhi: ٻارُ‎; Sinhalese: ළමයා; Skolt Sami: päärnaž; Slovak: dieťa; Slovene: otrok, dete; Slovincian: vuôtrôk; Somali: caruur, canug; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: źiśe, góle; Upper Sorbian: dźěćo; Sotho: ngwana; Southern Amami-Oshima: warabɨ; Spanish: hijo, hija, niño, niña; Sundanese: murangkalih; Swahili: mtoto, mwana; Swedish: barn; Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ, ꠢꠥꠞꠥꠔꠣ; Tagalog: anak; Tai Dam: ꪩꪴꪀ; Tai Nüa: ᥘᥧᥐ; Tajik: кӯдак; Talysh: باله‎, خردن‎; Tamil: குழந்தை, மக; Taos: ȕ'úna; Tatar: бала; Telugu: పాప; Thai: ลูก, เด็ก, ศิศุ; Tibetan: ཕྲུ་གུ, ཨ་བ; Tigrinya: ሕጻን, ቆልዓ; Tok Pisin: pikinini; Turkish: çocuk; Turkmen: çaga; Tuvan: уруг; Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎍𐎄; Ukrainian: дитина, дитя, дитятко; Urdu: بچہ‎, بیٹا‎, بیٹی‎; Uyghur: بالا‎; Uzbek: bola; Veps: laps'; Vietnamese: đứa bé, đứa trẻ, con; Volapük: cil, hicil, jicil, son, daut, jison, cilef; Votic: lahsi; Welsh: plentyn; West Frisian: bern; Westrobothnian: bån, omaga, gnadd, kläpp; Wolof: xale, gune; Wutunhua: galamala; Xhosa: umntwana; Yiddish: קינד‎; Yoruba: o̩mo̩, èwe, ọmọ; Zazaki: qeç, tut, lorek; Zealandic: kind; Zhuang: lwg, lwgnyez; Zulu: umntwana, ingane; ǃXóõ: ʘqa̰a