παιδοτρίβης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ τρίβω (tríbō, “to use, to wear down”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.trí.bɛːs/ → /pɛ.ðoˈtri.βis/ → /pe.ðoˈtri.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.trí.bɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.doˈtri.be̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈtri.βis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈtri.vis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈtri.vis/

Noun

παιδοτρῐ́βης • (paidotríbēs) m (genitive παιδοτρῐ́βου); first declension

1. physical trainer, gymnastic trainer

Declension

First declension of ὁ παιδοτρῐ́βης; τοῦ παιδοτρῐ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιδοτρῐ́βης ho paidotríbēs	τὼ παιδοτρῐ́βᾱ tṑ paidotríbā	οἱ παιδοτρῐ́βαι hoi paidotríbai
Genitive	τοῦ παιδοτρῐ́βου toû paidotríbou	τοῖν παιδοτρῐ́βαιν toîn paidotríbain	τῶν παιδοτρῐβῶν tôn paidotribôn
Dative	τῷ παιδοτρῐ́βῃ tôi paidotríbēi	τοῖν παιδοτρῐ́βαιν toîn paidotríbain	τοῖς παιδοτρῐ́βαις toîs paidotríbais
Accusative	τὸν παιδοτρῐ́βην tòn paidotríbēn	τὼ παιδοτρῐ́βᾱ tṑ paidotríbā	τοὺς παιδοτρῐ́βᾱς toùs paidotríbās
Vocative	παιδοτρῐ́βη paidotríbē	παιδοτρῐ́βᾱ paidotríbā	παιδοτρῐ́βαι paidotríbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παιδοτριβέω (paidotribéō)

References

• “παιδοτρίβης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδοτρίβης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδοτρίβης 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • trainer idem, page 887.