παιδιά: Difference between revisions

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