εἰ μὴ μάλα γέ τινες ὀλίγοι ὧν ἐγὼ ἐντετύχηκα → apart from a very few whom I've met
παιδιή, ῆς, ἡ, παίζωchildish play, sport, game, pastime, Xen., Plat.; π. παίζειν πρός τινα to play a game with him, Ar.; μετὰ παιδιᾶς in sport, Thuc.; ὥστε σοι τὸν νῦν χόλον παιδιὰν εἶναι δοκεῖν will seem mere child's play, Aesch.