παιδόφιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

παῖς (paîs, “child”, stem: παιδ-) +‎ -φῐλος (-phĭlos, “-loving”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.dó.pʰi.los/ → /pɛˈðo.ɸi.los/ → /peˈðo.fi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.dó.pʰi.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛˈdo.pʰi.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛˈðo.ɸi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈðo.fi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈðo.fi.los/

Adjective

παιδόφῐλος • (paidóphĭlos) m (feminine παιδοφῐ́λη, neuter παιδόφῐλον); first/second declension

1. child-loving
   1. (as Παιδοφίλη (Paidophílē)) an epithet of Demeter
   2. of over-fond mothers

      Γέλλως παιδοφιλωτέρα

      Géllōs paidophilōtéra

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

First and second declension of παιδόφῐλος; παιδοφῐ́λη; παιδόφῐλον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		παιδόφῐλος paidóphĭlos	παιδοφῐ́λη paidophĭ́lē	παιδόφῐλον paidóphĭlon		παιδοφῐ́λω paidophĭ́lō	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophĭ́lā	παιδοφῐ́λω paidophĭ́lō		παιδόφῐλοι paidóphĭloi	παιδόφῐλαι paidóphĭlai	παιδόφῐλᾰ paidóphĭlă
Genitive		παιδοφῐ́λου paidophĭ́lou	παιδοφῐ́λης paidophĭ́lēs	παιδοφῐ́λου paidophĭ́lou		παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophĭ́loin	παιδοφῐ́λαιν paidophĭ́lain	παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophĭ́loin		παιδοφῐ́λων paidophĭ́lōn	παιδοφῐ́λων paidophĭ́lōn	παιδοφῐ́λων paidophĭ́lōn
Dative		παιδοφῐ́λῳ paidophĭ́lōi	παιδοφῐ́λῃ paidophĭ́lēi	παιδοφῐ́λῳ paidophĭ́lōi		παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophĭ́loin	παιδοφῐ́λαιν paidophĭ́lain	παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophĭ́loin		παιδοφῐ́λοις paidophĭ́lois	παιδοφῐ́λαις paidophĭ́lais	παιδοφῐ́λοις paidophĭ́lois
Accusative		παιδόφῐλον paidóphĭlon	παιδοφῐ́λην paidophĭ́lēn	παιδόφῐλον paidóphĭlon		παιδοφῐ́λω paidophĭ́lō	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophĭ́lā	παιδοφῐ́λω paidophĭ́lō		παιδοφῐ́λους paidophĭ́lous	παιδοφῐ́λᾱς paidophĭ́lās	παιδόφῐλᾰ paidóphĭlă
Vocative		παιδόφῐλε paidóphĭle	παιδοφῐ́λη paidophĭ́lē	παιδόφῐλον paidóphĭlon		παιδοφῐ́λω paidophĭ́lō	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophĭ́lā	παιδοφῐ́λω paidophĭ́lō		παιδόφῐλοι paidóphĭloi	παιδόφῐλαι paidóphĭlai	παιδόφῐλᾰ paidóphĭlă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		παιδοφῐ́λως paidophĭ́lōs				παιδοφῐλώτερος paidophĭlṓteros				παιδοφῐλώτᾰτος paidophĭlṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παιδοφῐλῐ́ᾱ (paidophĭlĭ́ā)

Related terms

• παιδόφῐλέω (paidóphĭléō)
• παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs)

Further reading

• “παιδόφιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παιδόφιλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette