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|Definition=also παῦς (q. v.), <b class="b3">παιδός, ὁ, ἡ</b>, gen. pl. <b class="b3">παίδων</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">παιδῶν</b> Greg.Cor.<span class="bibl">p.317</span> S.; dat. pl. <b class="b3">παισί</b>, Ep. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> παίδεσσι <span class="bibl">Od.3.381</span>, etc.; in early Ep. freq. disyll. in nom. πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, <span class="bibl">Il.2.609</span>, <span class="bibl">5.704</span>, etc.; prob. also in the fifth foot, <span class="bibl">9.57</span>, <span class="bibl">11.389</span>; and before bucolic diaeresis, <span class="bibl">2.205</span>, al.; also in Lyr., Sapph.38, 85; and in Boeot., <span class="title">IG</span>7.690, al. (Tanagra), cf. <b class="b3">πῆς; πάϊ [ᾰῑ</b>] <span class="bibl">Od.24.192</span> (παιδ- is never disyll. in oblique cases in Hom.); acc. πάϊν A. R.4.697, <span class="title">AP</span>3.8 (Inscr. Cyzic.), 9.125; gen. <b class="b3">παϊδός</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>41</span>; dat. <b class="b3">παϊδί</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Anacr.17</span>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> in relation to Descent, <b class="b2">child</b>, whether <b class="b2">son</b>, <span class="bibl">Il. 2.205</span>,<span class="bibl">609</span>, al. (with special reference to the father, opp. <b class="b3">τέκνον</b>, q.v.): pl., <span class="bibl">Th.1.4</span>, etc.; or <b class="b2">daughter</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.20</span>,<span class="bibl">443</span>, <span class="bibl">3.175</span>; παῖδες ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>788a</span>; <b class="b3">παῖς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κόρα</b>, <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.7 (Locr., v. B.C.); of an <b class="b2">adopted son</b>, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην <span class="bibl">Il.9.494</span>; παίδων παῖδες, τοί κεν μετόπισθε γένωνται <span class="bibl">20.308</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.100</span>, <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>135.11 H., etc.; Ἀγήνορος παῖδες ἐκ παίδων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>281</span>; freq. in orators of legal <b class="b2">issue</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.19.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.7.31</span>, etc.; of animals, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>50</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀμπέλου π</b>., of wine, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.52</span>; χορῶν ἐραστὴς κισσὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ δὲ παῖς <span class="bibl">Chaerem.5</span>; <b class="b3">ὀρείας πέτρας π</b>., of Echo, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1110</span>; <b class="b3">ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος</b>, of the <b class="b2">penalty</b> of perjury, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.86</span>.<b class="b3">γ; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου</b>, of fishes, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>578</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> periphr., <b class="b3">οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες</b> <b class="b2">sons</b> of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.49</span>; π. Ἑλλήνων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>402</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π</b>., i. e. physicians, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>407e</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ζωγράφων π</b>. painters, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>769b</span>; <b class="b3">παῖδες ῥητόρων</b> orators, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Anach.</span>19</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Dips.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Im.</span>9</span>; cf. υἱός <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in relation to Age, <b class="b2">child, boy</b> or <b class="b2">girl</b>, νέος π. <span class="bibl">Od.4.665</span>; παῖδες νεαροί <span class="bibl">Il.2.289</span>; σμίκρα π. Sapph.34: with another Subst., <b class="b3">π. συφορβός</b> <b class="b2">boy</b>-swineherd, <span class="bibl">Il.21.282</span>; παῖδα κόρην γαμεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>595</span>; ἐν παισὶ νέοισι π. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.72</span>; π. ἔτ' ὤν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 755</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.11.710</span>; ἔτι π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310e</span>; <b class="b3">παιδὸς μηδὲν βελτίων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">342e</span>: distd. from <b class="b3">παιδίον, μειράκιον</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Hebd.</span>5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.6</span>, <span class="bibl">1.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ παιδός</b> <b class="b2">from a child</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>374c</span>; ἐκ παιδὸς εἰς γῆρας <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.180</span>; ἐκ τῶν παίδων εὐθύς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>694d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>386a</span>; ἀκούων τῶν παίδων εὐθύς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>642b</span>; εὐθὺς ἐκ παίδων ἐξελθών <span class="bibl">D.21.154</span>; <b class="b3">ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π</b>. to be just out of one's <b class="b2">childhood</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.25</span>; ἐκ μικρῶν π. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1336a14</span>; [Ἡρακλῆς] ἐν παισὶν ὄφεις ἀπέκτεινεν <span class="bibl">D.C.56.36</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν παισὶ</b> (v.l. [[παιδὶ]]) ποιμαίνων <span class="bibl">Hdn.6.8.1</span>; <b class="b3">χορηγεῖν παισί</b> (cf. χορηγέω <span class="bibl">11</span>): prov., τοῦτο κἂν π. γνοίη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>279d</span>; δῆλον τοῦτό γε ἤδη καὶ παιδί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>204b</span>; παῖδας [τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ] ἀπέφηνε <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Peregr.</span>11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alex.</span>4</span>; <b class="b3">ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π</b>., of the superstitious fears of a child, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>77e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.41</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in relation to Condition, <b class="b2">slave, servant, man</b> or <b class="b2">maid</b> (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>653</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>395</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicr.5.2</span>, etc.; παῖ, παιδίον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>132</span>: pl., of the crew of a ship, <span class="bibl">D.33.8</span>. (From <b class="b3">Παϝις</b>, cf. <b class="b3">παῦρος</b>, Lat. <b class="b2">puer</b>.) </span>