παιδικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παῖς (paîs, “child”) + -ῐκός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pai̯.di.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pɛ.diˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pɛ.ðiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.ðiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.ðiˈkos/
Adjective
παιδῐκός • (paidikós) m (feminine παιδῐκή, neuter παιδῐκόν); first/second declension
- Belonging to a child
- having to do with children: childish
Inflection
First and second declension of παιδῐκός; παιδῐκή; παιδῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | παιδῐκός paidikós | παιδῐκή paidikḗ | παιδῐκόν paidikón | παιδῐκώ paidikṓ | παιδῐκᾱ́ paidikā́ | παιδῐκώ paidikṓ | παιδῐκοί paidikoí | παιδῐκαί paidikaí | παιδῐκᾰ́ paidiká | |||||
Genitive | παιδῐκοῦ paidikoû | παιδῐκῆς paidikês | παιδῐκοῦ paidikoû | παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn | παιδῐκαῖν paidikaîn | παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn | παιδῐκῶν paidikôn | παιδῐκῶν paidikôn | παιδῐκῶν paidikôn | |||||
Dative | παιδῐκῷ paidikôi | παιδῐκῇ paidikêi | παιδῐκῷ paidikôi | παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn | παιδῐκαῖν paidikaîn | παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn | παιδῐκοῖς paidikoîs | παιδῐκαῖς paidikaîs | παιδῐκοῖς paidikoîs | |||||
Accusative | παιδῐκόν paidikón | παιδῐκήν paidikḗn | παιδῐκόν paidikón | παιδῐκώ paidikṓ | παιδῐκᾱ́ paidikā́ | παιδῐκώ paidikṓ | παιδῐκούς paidikoús | παιδῐκᾱ́ς paidikā́s | παιδῐκᾰ́ paidiká | |||||
Vocative | παιδῐκέ paidiké | παιδῐκή paidikḗ | παιδῐκόν paidikón | παιδῐκώ paidikṓ | παιδῐκᾱ́ paidikā́ | παιδῐκώ paidikṓ | παιδῐκοί paidikoí | παιδῐκαί paidikaí | παιδῐκᾰ́ paidiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
παιδῐκῶς paidikôs | παιδῐκώτερος paidikṓteros | παιδῐκώτᾰτος paidikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “παιδικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παιδικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- παιδικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- babyish idem, page 57.
- boyish idem, page 92.
- childish idem, page 130.
- flippant idem, page 328.
- infantile idem, page 437.
- playful idem, page 619.
- puerile idem, page 656.
- sportive idem, page 804.
Greek
Adjective
παιδικός • (paidikós) m (feminine παιδική, neuter παιδικό)
- belonging or referring to a child, children's
- childish
Declension
Declension of παιδικός
number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | παιδικός • | παιδική • | παιδικό • | παιδικοί • | παιδικές • | παιδικά • |
genitive | παιδικού • | παιδικής • | παιδικού • | παιδικών • | παιδικών • | παιδικών • |
accusative | παιδικό • | παιδική • | παιδικό • | παιδικούς • | παιδικές • | παιδικά • |
vocative | παιδικέ • | παιδική • | παιδικό • | παιδικοί • | παιδικές • | παιδικά • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο παιδικός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο παιδικός, etc.) |
Synonyms
- (childish): παιδιάστικος (paidiástikos)
Related terms
- παιδική χαρά f (paidikí chará, “playground”)