παιδίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(parox.), τό, Dim. of [[παῖς]] (never in Trag.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[little]] or [[young child]] (up to <span class="bibl">7</span> yrs., acc. to Hp. ap. <span class="bibl">Ph.1.26</span>), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.110</span>, <span class="bibl">2.119</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 50</span>; τὰ νεωστὶ γεγονότα π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>212e</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ παιδίου</b> from [[a child]], <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Eq.</span>412</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.20</span>: prov., <b class="b3">τοῦ πατρὸς τὸ π</b>. 'chip of the old block', <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>672, title of satire by Varro; so τῆς μητρὸς τὸ π. <span class="bibl">Str.10.3.15</span> (with play on [[Μήτηρ]]). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[young slave]], male or female, <span class="title">IG</span>12.329.27, 22.1554.67, 1556.22, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nu.</span>132</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1150</span>(s. v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">τὸ παιδίον</b>, a disease of children, prob. [[convulsions]], dub. l. in Hp.Aër. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> παίδι-ος, ὁ, barbarism for foreg., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>27</span>.</span>