παιδιά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾶς, ἡ, ([[παίζω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[childish play]], [[child's play]], [[pastime]], [[amusement]], opp. [[σπουδή]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.1</span>; ἔν τε παιδιαῖς καὶ ἐν σπουδαῖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>647d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1176b9</span>(pl.); <b class="b3">π. μαχητικαί</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1370b35</span>; <b class="b3">π. παῖσαι πρός τινα</b> to play [[a game]] with... <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1056</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ παιδιᾶς</b> [[in sport]], <span class="bibl">Th. 6.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>19d</span>; <b class="b3">σὺν πολλῷ γέλωτι καὶ παιδιᾷ</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[παιγνίᾳ]]) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 2.3.18</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">2.3.20</span>; ἐν π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>406c</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς νεωτερίζοντας</b> in their [[game]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>798c</span>; παιδιά καὶ [[φλυαρία]], λῆροι καὶ παιδιά, [[σκώμμα]]τα καὶ παιδιά, [[γέλως]] καὶ παιδιά, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cri.</span>46d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>347d</span>, Plu.2.59b, 456e; <b class="b3">παιδιᾷ πεπαῖσθαι</b> to be done in [[fun]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>265c</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ὥστε σοι τὸν νῦν χόλον</b> ([[ὄχλον]] Döderl.)… <b class="b3">παιδιὰν εἶναι δοκεῖν</b> will seem mere [[child's play]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>316</span>; παιδιᾶς ἕνεκα καὶ ἀναπαύσεως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1339a16</span>; διαγωγὴ μετὰ παιδιᾶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1127b34</span>; [[wit]], [[jesting]], ib.<span class="bibl">1128a20</span>:—Pl. plays on the words [[παιδιά]] and [[παιδεία]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>656c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, [[school holidays]], <span class="title">SIG</span> 577.79 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.).</span>