ἀντίπαις
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tí.pai̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /anˈti.pɛs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /anˈti.pɛs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /anˈti.pes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /anˈdi.pes/
Adjective
ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις • (antípais) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις); third declension
- like a child
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 38:
- δείσασα γὰρ γραῦς οὐδέν, ἀντίπαις μὲν οὖν.
- deísasa gàr graûs oudén, antípais mèn oûn.
- δείσασα γὰρ γραῦς οὐδέν, ἀντίπαις μὲν οὖν.
- 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 326–327:
- ὅστις θυγατρὸς ἀντίπαιδος ἐκ λόγων / τοσόνδ’ ἔπνευσας
- hóstis thugatròs antípaidos ek lógōn / tosónd’ épneusas
- ὅστις θυγατρὸς ἀντίπαιδος ἐκ λόγων / τοσόνδ’ ἔπνευσας
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Amores (Affairs of the Heart) 2
- no longer a child
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 564
Declension
Third declension of ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις; ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις antípais | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι antípai | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες antípaides | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος antípaidos | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος antípaidos | ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin | ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin | ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδων antipaídōn | ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδων antipaídōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδῐ antípaidi | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδῐ antípaidi | ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin | ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐν antípaisi(n) | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐν antípaisi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι antípai | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰς antípaidas | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις antípais | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι antípai | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες antípaides | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδως antipaídōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Noun
ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις • (antípais) m (genitive ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος); third declension
- a mere boy
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, 15 33.12
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, 27 15.4
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 4 3
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus 22
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Dream or Lucian's Career 16
- Ant., Lib. 13.5
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις; τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις hē antípais | τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε tṑ antípaide | αἱ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες hai antípaides | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος tês antípaidos | τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν toîn antipaídoin | τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδων tôn antipaídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδῐ têi antípaidi | τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν toîn antipaídoin | ταῖς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐν taîs antípaisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ tḕn antípaida | τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε tṑ antípaide | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰς tā̀s antípaidas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις antípais | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide | ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες antípaides | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀντίπαις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press