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πάππος

pappos

est un terme familier et affectueux (à la différence de πατροπάτωρ)

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Where it lives

Against Diogeiton 3 · 17.73/10k
Against Leochares 5 · 12.17/10k
Against Stephanus 2 2 · 10.86/10k
Against Eubulides 4 · 8.72/10k
Against Aphobus 2 1 · 6.66/10k
Against Macartatus 3 · 4.84/10k
Cyropaedia 36 · 4.57/10k
Against Theocrines 2 · 4.3/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 1 · 4.15/10k
Against Andocides 1 · 3.85/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 1 · 3.22/10k
Birds 3 · 2.82/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Πάππος · Pappos — Chantraine

Πάππος est un terme familier et affectueux (à la différence de πατροπάτωρ). Le grec moderne ἃ πάππος, παπποῦς « grand-père » et παπᾶς « pope », mais papa se dit en démotique μπαμπᾶς pris au turc. Et. : ΠΠάππα est un terme de la nursery avec redoublement et gémination répondant à πατήρ, cf. μάμμη. Voir aussi Ernout-Meillet s.u. pappa. — [Chantraine, s.v. Πάππος, p. 873]

2. πάππος · pappos — LSJ

grandfather, grandparents, ascendants, ancestors

grandfather, Hdt. 3.55, Ar. Eq. 447, Nu. 65, And. 3.6; π. καὶ πάππου πατήρ Pl. Lg. 856d; π. ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς ἢ πατρός on the motherʼs or fatherʼs side, ibid., cf. CIG 1628, 3332, Poll. 3.16: in pl., grandparents, CIG 2837b (p.1117); also, generally, ascendants, ancestors, Pl. Tht. 174e; ἐπὶ πάππους δύο ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πλείους [ὁρίζεσθαι πολίτην] Arist. Pol. 1275b24; εἰς τρίτον π. ἀναφέρειν τὸ γένος D.H. 4.47; φυσάτω πάππους παρʼ ἡμῖν Ar. Av. 765, with pun on signf. III, cf. Sch. ad loc.

a character in Com. dramas, Pantaloon, Poll. 4.143.

II down on the seeds

down on the seeds of certain plants, γραίας ἀκάνθης π. S. Fr. 868; π. ἀπʼ ἀκάνθης Eub. 107.19: pl., Thphr. Sign. 37, Arat. 921, Dsc. 4.96, Alex. 33; = ἀκανθίς II, Plin. HN 25.168.

2 first down on the chin

first down on the chin, opp. μύσταξ, Ruf. Onom. 49, Poll. 2.80, Eust. 1353.57, Suid.

III

a small bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays (cf. ὑπολαΐς), Ael. NA 3.30, Sch. Ar. Av. 766.

In the wild

πάππος · pappos Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 246)
πάπποις · pappois Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 336)
πάππους · pappous Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 586)
πάππον · pappon Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 373)
πάππους · pappous Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 774)
πάππους · pappous Aristotle, Politics 1275b (DIORISIS sentence 908)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πάππος (scan p. 873; entry #6271).

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