παῖς

I child, son, daughter, adopted son, issue

in relation to Descent, child, whether son, Il. 2.205, 609, al. (with special reference to the father, opp. τέκνον, q.v.): pl., Th. 1.4, etc.; or daughter, Il. 1.20, 443, 3.175; παῖδες ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι Pl. Lg. 788a; παῖς, opp. κόρα, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.7 (Locr., v. B.C.); of an adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην Il. 9.494; παίδων παῖδες, τοί κεν μετόπισθε γένωνται 20.308, cf. Pi. N. 7.100, Inscr.Cypr. 135.11 H., etc.; Ἀγήνορος παῖδες ἐκ παίδων E. Ph. 281; freq. in orators of legal issue, Isoc.

2 penalty

metaph., ἀμπέλου π., of wine, Pi. N. 9.52; χορῶν ἐραστὴς κισσὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ δὲ παῖς Chaerem. 5; ὀρείας πέτρας π., of Echo, E. Hec. 1110; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the penalty of perjury, Orac. ap. Hdt. 6.86.γʹ; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, A. Pers. 578 (lyr.).

3 sons

periphr., οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, Hdt. 1.27, cf. 5.49; π. Ἑλλήνων A. Pers. 402; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π., i. e. physicians, Pl. R. 407e; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, Id. Lg. 769b; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, Luc. Anach. 19; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, Id. Dips. 5, Im. 9; cf. υἱός 2.

II child, boy, girl, boy, from a child, childhood

in relation to Age, child, boy or girl, νέος π. Od. 4.665; παῖδες νεαροί Il. 2.289; σμίκρα π. Sapph. 34: with another Subst., π. συφορβός boy-swineherd, Il. 21.282; παῖδα κόρην γαμεῖν Ar. Lys. 595; ἐν παισὶ νέοισι π. Pi. N. 3.72; π. ἔτʼ ὤν A. Ch. 755, cf. Il. 11.710; ἔτι π. Pl. Prt. 310e; παιδὸς μηδὲν βελτίων ib. 342e: distd. from παιδίον, μειράκιον, Hp. Hebd. 5, cf. X. Smp. 4.17, Cyr. 8.7.6, 1.2.4; ἐκ παιδός from a child, Pl. R. 374c; ἐκ παιδὸς εἰς γῆρας Aeschin. 1.180; ἐκ τῶν παίδων εὐθύς Pl.

III slave, servant, man, maid

in relation to Condition, slave, servant, man or maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ A. Ch. 653, cf. Ar. Ach. 395, Epicr. 5.2, etc.; παῖ, παιδίον Ar. Nu. 132: pl., of the crew of a ship, D. 33.8. (From *παϝις, cf. παῦρος, Lat. puer.)