παιδνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παῖς (paîs, “child”) + -νός (-nós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pai̯.dnós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pɛˈdnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pɛˈðnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈðnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈðnos/
Adjective
παιδνός • (paidnós) m (feminine παιδνή, neuter παιδνόν); first/second declension
- childish
- Synonym: παιδικός (paidikós)
Inflection
First and second declension of παιδνός; παιδνή; παιδνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | παιδνός paidnós | παιδνή paidnḗ | παιδνόν paidnón | παιδνώ paidnṓ | παιδνᾱ́ paidnā́ | παιδνώ paidnṓ | παιδνοί paidnoí | παιδναί paidnaí | παιδνᾰ́ paidná | |||||
Genitive | παιδνοῦ paidnoû | παιδνῆς paidnês | παιδνοῦ paidnoû | παιδνοῖν paidnoîn | παιδναῖν paidnaîn | παιδνοῖν paidnoîn | παιδνῶν paidnôn | παιδνῶν paidnôn | παιδνῶν paidnôn | |||||
Dative | παιδνῷ paidnôi | παιδνῇ paidnêi | παιδνῷ paidnôi | παιδνοῖν paidnoîn | παιδναῖν paidnaîn | παιδνοῖν paidnoîn | παιδνοῖς paidnoîs | παιδναῖς paidnaîs | παιδνοῖς paidnoîs | |||||
Accusative | παιδνόν paidnón | παιδνήν paidnḗn | παιδνόν paidnón | παιδνώ paidnṓ | παιδνᾱ́ paidnā́ | παιδνώ paidnṓ | παιδνούς paidnoús | παιδνᾱ́ς paidnā́s | παιδνᾰ́ paidná | |||||
Vocative | παιδνέ paidné | παιδνή paidnḗ | παιδνόν paidnón | παιδνώ paidnṓ | παιδνᾱ́ paidnā́ | παιδνώ paidnṓ | παιδνοί paidnoí | παιδναί paidnaí | παιδνᾰ́ paidná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
παιδνῶς paidnôs | παιδνότερος paidnóteros | παιδνότᾰτος paidnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “παιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “παιδνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παιδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παιδνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- childish idem, page 130.
- infantile idem, page 437.
- puerile idem, page 656.