1. παιδ-ία · paid-ia
childhood, childishness
childhood, = παιδεία II.1; ἐν παιδίῃ καὶ νεότητι Hp. Prorrh. 2.42; παιδίας καὶ νηπιότητος χάριν Pl. Lg. 808e; childishness, ib. 864d.
The corpus record
παιδ-ία
paidia · ἡ
childhood, childishness
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Where it lives
- Susanna (LXX) 1 · 13.09/10k
- 1 John 2 · 9.41/10k
- Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
- Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 3 · 5.71/10k
- Genesis 13 · 4.33/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
- Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
- Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
- Discourses 26 · 3.5/10k
- De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
- Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant — LSJ
2. παιδ-ιά · paid-ia
childish play, pastime, amusement, a game, in sport, games, in fun, mere childʼs play, wit, jesting
childish play, pastime, amusement, opp. σπουδή, X. Smp. 1.1; ἔν τε παιδιαῖς καὶ ἐν σπουδαῖς Pl. Lg. 647d, cf. Arist. EN 1176b9 (pl.); π. μαχητικαί, etc., Id. Rh. 1370b35; π. παῖσαι πρός τινα to play a game with . . , Ar. Pl. 1056; μετὰ παιδιᾶς in sport, Th. 6.28, Pl. Phlb. 19d; σὺν πολλῷ γέλωτι καὶ παιδιᾷ (v.l. παιγνίᾳ) X. Cyr. 2.3.18, cf. 2.3.20; ἐν π. Pl. Cra. 406c; τοὺς ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς νεωτερίζοντας in their games, Id. Lg. 798c; π. καὶ φλυαρία, λῆροι καὶ π., σκώμματα καὶ π., γέλως καὶ π., Id
II school holidays
in pl., school holidays, SIG 577.79 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.).
In the wild
- παιδία · paidia Aristotle, De Memoria et Reminiscentia (DIORISIS sentence 80)
- παιδία · paidia Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 88)
- παιδία · paidia Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 61)
- παιδία · paidia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
- παιδία · paidia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
- παιδία · paidia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
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Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.