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|Definition=also [[παῦς]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), [[παιδός]], ὁ, ἡ, gen. pl. [[παίδων]], Dor. [[παιδῶν]] Greg.Cor.p.317 S.; dat. pl. [[παισί]], Ep.<br><span class="bld">A</span> 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., ''IG''7.690, al. (Tanagra), cf. <b class="b3">πῆς; πάϊ [ᾰῑ]</b> Od.24.192 (παιδ- is never disyll. in oblique cases in Hom.); acc. πάϊν A. R.4.697, ''AP''3.8 (Inscr. Cyzic.), 9.125; gen. [[παϊδός]] Epigr. ap. Luc.''Symp.''41; dat. [[παϊδί]] prob. in Anacr.17:<br><span class="bld">I</span> in relation to Descent, [[child]], whether [[son]], Il. 2.205,609, al. (with special reference to the father, opp. [[τέκνον]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]): pl., Th.1.4, etc.; or [[daughter]], Il.1.20,443, 3.175; παῖδες ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|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, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''50 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀμπέλου π.</b>, of wine, Pi.''N.''9.52; χορῶν ἐραστὴς κισσὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ δὲ παῖς Chaerem.5; <b class="b3">ὀρείας πέτρας π.</b>, of Echo, E.''Hec.''1110; <b class="b3">ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος</b>, of the [[penalty]] of perjury, Orac. ap. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.86.<b class="b3">γ; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου</b>, of fishes, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''578 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[periphrasis]], <b class="b3">οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες</b> [[sons]] of the Lydians, i.e. the Lydians, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.27, cf. 5.49; π. Ἑλλήνων [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''402; <b class="b3">οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π.</b>, i.e. physicians, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 407e; <b class="b3">οἱ ζωγράφων π.</b> painters, Id.''Lg.''769b; <b class="b3">παῖδες ῥητόρων</b> orators, Luc. ''Anach.''19; <b class="b3">π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων</b>, Id.''Dips.''5, ''Im.''9; cf. [[υἱός]] 2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> 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., <b class="b3">π. συφορβός</b> [[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. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 310e; <b class="b3">παιδὸς μηδὲν βελτίων</b> ib.342e: distinguished from [[παιδίον]], [[μειράκιον]], Hp.''Hebd.''5, cf. X.''Smp.''4.17, ''Cyr.''8.7.6, 1.2.4; <b class="b3">ἐκ παιδός</b> [[from a child]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 374c; ἐκ παιδὸς εἰς γῆρας Aeschin.1.180; ἐκ τῶν παίδων εὐθύς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''694d, cf. ''R.''386a; ἀκούων τῶν παίδων εὐθύς Id.''Lg.''642b; εὐθὺς ἐκ παίδων ἐξελθών D.21.154; <b class="b3">ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π.</b> to be just out of one's [[childhood]], X.''HG''5.4.25; ἐκ μικρῶν π. Arist.''Pol.'' 1336a14; [Ἡρακλῆς] ἐν παισὶν ὄφεις ἀπέκτεινεν D.C.56.36; <b class="b3">ἐν παισὶ</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[παιδὶ]]) ποιμαίνων Hdn.6.8.1; <b class="b3">χορηγεῖν παισί</b> (cf. [[χορηγέω]] ''ΙΙ''): [[proverb|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; <b class="b3">ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π.</b>, of the superstitious fears of a child, Pl. ''Phd.''77e, cf. Porph.''Abst.''1.41.<br><span class="bld">III</span> 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]].)