παιδίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(parox.), τό, Dim. of [[παῖς]] (never in Trag.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[little]] or [[young]] [[child]] (up to 7 yrs., acc. to Hp. ap. Ph.1.26), Hdt.1.110, 2.119, Ar.Pax 50; τὰ νεωστὶ γεγονότα π. Pl.Ly.212e; [[ἐκ παιδίου]] = [[from a child]], Ar. Eq.412, X.Cyr.1.6.20: [[proverb|prov.]], [[τοῦ πατρὸς τὸ παιδίον]] = '[[chip of the old block]]', Com.Adesp.672, title of satire by Varro; so τῆς μητρὸς τὸ παιδίον Str.10.3.15 (with play on [[μήτηρ]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[young slave]], male or female, IG12.329.27, 22.1554.67, 1556.22, Ar.Ra.37, Nu.132, Av.1150([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">III</span> τὸ παιδίον, a [[disease]] of [[children]], prob. [[convulsion]]s, dub. l. in Hp.Aër.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[παίδιος]], ὁ, barbarism for foreg., Plu.Alex.27.