παῖς

English (LSJ)

also παῦς (q. v.), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, gen. pl. παίδων, Dor. παιδῶν Greg.Cor.p.317 S.; dat. pl. παισί, Ep.

   A παίδεσσι Od.3.381, etc.; in early Ep. freq. disyll. in nom. πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, Il.2.609, 5.704, etc.; prob. also in the fifth foot, 9.57, 11.389; and before bucolic diaeresis, 2.205, al.; also in Lyr., Sapph.38, 85; and in Boeot., IG7.690, al. (Tanagra), cf. πῆς; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] Od.24.192 (παιδ- is never disyll. in oblique cases in Hom.); acc. πάϊν A. R.4.697, AP3.8 (Inscr. Cyzic.), 9.125; gen. παϊδός Epigr. ap. Luc.Symp.41; dat. παϊδί prob. in Anacr.17:    I in relation to Descent, child, whether son, Il. 2.205,609, al. (with special reference to the father, opp. τέκνον, q.v.): pl., Th.1.4, etc.; or daughter, Il.1.20,443, 3.175; παῖδες ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι Pl.Lg.788a; παῖς, opp. κόρα, Berl.Sitzb.1927.7 (Locr., v. B.C.); of an adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην Il.9.494; παίδων παῖδες, τοί κεν μετόπισθε γένωνται 20.308, cf. Pi.N.7.100, Inscr.Cypr.135.11 H., etc.; Ἀγήνορος παῖδες ἐκ παίδων E.Ph.281; freq. in orators of legal issue, Isoc.19.9, Is.7.31, etc.; of animals, A.Ag.50 (anap.).    2 metaph., ἀμπέλου π., of wine, Pi.N.9.52; χορῶν ἐραστὴς κισσὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ δὲ παῖς Chaerem.5; ὀρείας πέτρας π., of Echo, E.Hec.1110; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the penalty of perjury, Orac. ap. Hdt.6.86.γ; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, A.Pers.578 (lyr.).    3 periphr., οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, Hdt.1.27, cf. 5.49; π. Ἑλλήνων A.Pers.402; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π., i. e. physicians, Pl.R.407e; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, Id.Lg.769b; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, Luc. Anach.19; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, Id.Dips.5, Im.9; cf. υἱός 2.    II in relation to Age, child, boy or girl, νέος π. Od.4.665; παῖδες νεαροί Il.2.289; σμίκρα π. Sapph.34: with another Subst., π. συφορβός boy-swineherd, Il.21.282; παῖδα κόρην γαμεῖν Ar.Lys.595; ἐν παισὶ νέοισι π. Pi.N.3.72; π. ἔτ' ὤν A.Ch. 755, cf. Il.11.710; ἔτι π. Pl.Prt.310e; παιδὸς μηδὲν βελτίων ib.342e: distd. from παιδίον, μειράκιον, Hp.Hebd.5, cf. X.Smp.4.17, Cyr.8.7.6, 1.2.4; ἐκ παιδός from a child, Pl.R.374c; ἐκ παιδὸς εἰς γῆρας Aeschin.1.180; ἐκ τῶν παίδων εὐθύς Pl.Lg.694d, cf. R.386a; ἀκούων τῶν παίδων εὐθύς Id.Lg.642b; εὐθὺς ἐκ παίδων ἐξελθών D.21.154; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π. to be just out of one's childhood, X.HG5.4.25; ἐκ μικρῶν π. Arist.Pol. 1336a14; [Ἡρακλῆς] ἐν παισὶν ὄφεις ἀπέκτεινεν D.C.56.36; ἐν παισὶ (v.l. παιδὶ) ποιμαίνων Hdn.6.8.1; χορηγεῖν παισί (cf. χορηγέω 11): prov., τοῦτο κἂν π. γνοίη Pl.Euthd.279d; δῆλον τοῦτό γε ἤδη καὶ παιδί Id.Smp.204b; παῖδας [τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ] ἀπέφηνε Luc.Peregr.11, cf. Alex.4; ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π., of the superstitious fears of a child, Pl. Phd.77e, cf. Porph.Abst.1.41.    III in relation to Condition, slave, servant, man or maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ A.Ch.653, cf. Ar. Ach.395, Epicr.5.2, etc.; παῖ, παιδίον Ar.Nu.132: pl., of the crew of a ship, D.33.8. (From Παϝις, cf. παῦρος, Lat. puer.)