παιδοφίλης

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰí.lɛːs/ → /pɛ.ðoˈɸi.lis/ → /pe.ðoˈfi.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰí.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.doˈpʰi.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈɸi.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfi.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfi.lis/

Etymology 1

παῖς (paîs, “boy”) +‎ φιλέω (philéō, “love”)

Noun

παιδοφῐ́λης • (paidophĭ́lēs) m (genitive παιδοφῐ́λου); first declension

1. (derogatory, chiefly) lover of boys, pedophile
   • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 1357
   • 5th century BC, Telecleides 49

Declension

First declension of ὁ παιδοφῐ́λης; τοῦ παιδοφῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιδοφῐ́λης ho paidophĭ́lēs	τὼ παιδοφῐ́λᾱ tṑ paidophĭ́lā	οἱ παιδοφῐ́λαι hoi paidophĭ́lai
Genitive	τοῦ παιδοφῐ́λου toû paidophĭ́lou	τοῖν παιδοφῐ́λαιν toîn paidophĭ́lain	τῶν παιδοφῐλῶν tôn paidophĭlôn
Dative	τῷ παιδοφῐ́λῃ tôi paidophĭ́lēi	τοῖν παιδοφῐ́λαιν toîn paidophĭ́lain	τοῖς παιδοφῐ́λαις toîs paidophĭ́lais
Accusative	τὸν παιδοφῐ́λην tòn paidophĭ́lēn	τὼ παιδοφῐ́λᾱ tṑ paidophĭ́lā	τοὺς παιδοφῐ́λᾱς toùs paidophĭ́lās
Vocative	παιδοφῐ́λη paidophĭ́lē	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophĭ́lā	παιδοφῐ́λαι paidophĭ́lai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• παιδερᾰστής (paiderăstḗs)

References

• “παιδοφίλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδοφίλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδοφίλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of παιδόφῐλος (paidóphĭlos).

Adjective

παιδοφῐ́λης • (paidophĭ́lēs)

1. genitive feminine singular of παιδόφῐλος (paidóphĭlos)