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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">of a child</b>, θρίξ <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).173 iii 4 (Paros); χιτών <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>127</span> (ii B. C.); ἡλικία Demetr. Lac.<span class="title">Herc.</span>1055.10; <b class="b2">for</b> or <b class="b2">like a child</b>, whether <b class="b2">boy</b> or <b class="b2">girl</b>, but more commonly the former, <b class="b2">boyish</b>, ἔρως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>608a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>841</span>; πέος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>415</span>; <b class="b3">π. χορός</b> the chorus <b class="b2">of boys</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.21.4</span>; <b class="b3">π. δῶρον</b> a present <b class="b2">for a child</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1123a15</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἁμαρτίαι, φιλίαι</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1119a34</span>, <span class="bibl">1165b26</span>; <b class="b3">π. μαθήματα</b> the <b class="b2">elementary</b> sciences, chiefly geometry, <span class="bibl">Plb.9.26a</span>.<span class="bibl">4</span>; π. μέτρησις <span class="bibl">Str.2.4.2</span>; παλαίστρα <span class="title">SIG</span>577.84 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.); <b class="b3">τὸ π. νικᾶν</b> to win <b class="b2">in the boys' games</b>, IG5(1).275, al. (Sparta, also written παιδιχόν, ib.260, al.); <b class="b3">π. αὐλός</b>, opp. <b class="b3">παρθένιος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>581b11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">playful, sportive</b>, λόγοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>8.2</span>; opp.<b class="b3">σπουδαῖος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>406c</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-κῶς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">σπουδαίως</b>, ibid., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ly.</span>211a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">puerile</b>, φθόνος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>49a</span>; ἠλίθιον καὶ λίαν π. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1176b33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">for a beloved youth</b>, <b class="b3">ὕμνοι π</b>. <b class="b2">love-songs</b>, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>3.12; <b class="b3">π. λόγος</b> a <b class="b2">love</b>-tale, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.27</span>; <b class="b3">παιδικά</b> (sc. <b class="b3">μέλη</b>), such as the twenty-ninth Idyll of Theoc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> as Subst. παιδικόν, τό, <b class="b2">boys' gymnasium</b>, <span class="title">AJA</span>18.329(i B. C.): but mostly, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">darling, favourite, minion</b>, μηδὲ παλλακὴν μηδὲ π. ἔχειν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>104.20</span>(i B. C.):—elsewh. in pl. (of a single person) παιδικά, ῶν, τά, mostly of a <b class="b2">boy</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>153</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>315e</span>, etc.; [<b class="b3">Ζήνων] π. τοῦ Παρμενίδου</b> his <b class="b2">darling pupil</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prm.</span>127b</span>; π. ὢν καὶ πιστότατος <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>239a</span>: seldom as a real pl., ἐρασταὶ καὶ π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>178e</span>, <span class="bibl">Onos. 24</span>; rarely of a <b class="b2">girl</b>, <span class="bibl">Cratin.258</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.327</span>: generally, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span> 2.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b2">darling pursuit</b>, φιλοσοφία τὰ ἐμὰ π. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>482a</span>, cf. Max. Tyr.<span class="bibl">35.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.133</span>.</span>

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