παιδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ -νός (-nós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.dnós/ → /pɛˈðnos/ → /peˈðnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.dnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛˈdnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛˈðnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈðnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈðnos/

Adjective

παιδνός • (paidnós) m (feminine παιδνή, neuter παιδνόν); first/second declension

1. young (or possibly a noun, young man, as used by Homer)

   τῶν ἕνεκ᾽ ἐξεσίην πολλὴν ὁδὸν ἦλθεν Ὀδυσσεύς, παιδνὸς ἐών· (Odyssey 21.20-21)

   Odysseus went on a mission to them, which required a long journey, even though he was young at the time.

2. childish, infantile

   Synonym: παιδικός (paidikós)

Inflection

First and second declension of παιδνός; παιδνή; παιδνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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 paidnắ
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 paidnắ
Vocative		παιδνέ paidné	παιδνή paidnḗ	παιδνόν paidnón		παιδνώ paidnṓ	παιδνᾱ́ paidnā́	παιδνώ paidnṓ		παιδνοί paidnoí	παιδναί paidnaí	παιδνᾰ́ paidnắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		παιδνῶς paidnôs				παιδνότερος paidnóteros				παιδνότᾰτος paidnótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • childish idem, page 130.
  • infantile idem, page 437.
  • puerile idem, page 656.