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παίδειος

paideios

of, for a boy, to the boys they loved

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Where it lives

  • Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
  • Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Laws 5 · 0.48/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. παίδειος · paideios

of, for a boy, to the boys they loved, of rearing children, a motherʼs, bestowed on children

= παιδικός, of or for a boy, ὕμνοι π. songs to the boys they loved, Pi. I. 2.3, cf. Ath. 13.601a; π. κρέα A. Ag. 1242, 1593; π. τροφή the care of rearing children, a motherʼs cares, S. Ant. 918; π. οἰκοδομήματα Pl. Lg. 643b; μάθημα ib. 747b; αἱ π. τιμαί honours bestowed on children, ib. 810a.

II boyʼs dress

Subst. παιδεῖον, τό, boyʼs dress, prob. in IG 2(2).1516.8.

2. παιδ-ήϊος · paid-ēios

Ion. for παίδειος, Eus.Hist. p.203 D., Nonn. D. 9.185, al.

II festival of a φρατρία on the admission of a child

παιδήϊα, τά, festival of a φρατρία on the admission of a child, Schwyzer 323 A 25 (Delph., v/iv B. C.).

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Where it came from

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