παιδικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.di.kós/ → /pɛ.ðiˈkos/ → /pe.ðiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.di.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.diˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðiˈkos/

Adjective

παιδῐκός • (paidikós) m (feminine παιδῐκή, neuter παιδῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Belonging to a child
2. having to do with children: childish

Inflection

First and second declension of παιδῐκός; παιδῐκή; παιδῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		παιδῐκός paidikós	παιδῐκή paidikḗ	παιδῐκόν paidikón		παιδῐκώ paidikṓ	παιδῐκᾱ́ paidikā́	παιδῐκώ paidikṓ		παιδῐκοί paidikoí	παιδῐκαί paidikaí	παιδῐκᾰ́ paidiká
Genitive		παιδῐκοῦ paidikoû	παιδῐκῆς paidikês	παιδῐκοῦ paidikoû		παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn	παιδῐκαῖν paidikaîn	παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn		παιδῐκῶν paidikôn	παιδῐκῶν paidikôn	παιδῐκῶν paidikôn
Dative		παιδῐκῷ paidikôi	παιδῐκῇ paidikêi	παιδῐκῷ paidikôi		παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn	παιδῐκαῖν paidikaîn	παιδῐκοῖν paidikoîn		παιδῐκοῖς paidikoîs	παιδῐκαῖς paidikaîs	παιδῐκοῖς paidikoîs
Accusative		παιδῐκόν paidikón	παιδῐκήν paidikḗn	παιδῐκόν paidikón		παιδῐκώ paidikṓ	παιδῐκᾱ́ paidikā́	παιδῐκώ paidikṓ		παιδῐκούς paidikoús	παιδῐκᾱ́ς paidikā́s	παιδῐκᾰ́ paidiká
Vocative		παιδῐκέ paidiké	παιδῐκή paidikḗ	παιδῐκόν paidikón		παιδῐκώ paidikṓ	παιδῐκᾱ́ paidikā́	παιδῐκώ paidikṓ		παιδῐκοί paidikoí	παιδῐκαί paidikaí	παιδῐκᾰ́ paidiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		παιδῐκῶς paidikôs				παιδῐκώτερος paidikṓteros				παιδῐκώτᾰτος paidikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “παιδικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • babyish idem, page 57.
  • boyish idem, page 92.
  • childish idem, page 130.
  • flippant idem, page 328.
  • infantile idem, page 437.
  • playful idem, page 619.
  • puerile idem, page 656.
  • sportive idem, page 804.

Greek

Adjective

παιδικός • (paidikós) m (feminine παιδική, neuter παιδικό)

1. belonging or referring to a child, children's
2. childish

Declension

Declension of παιδικός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	παιδικός •	παιδική •	παιδικό •	παιδικοί •	παιδικές •	παιδικά •
genitive	παιδικού •	παιδικής •	παιδικού •	παιδικών •	παιδικών •	παιδικών •
accusative	παιδικό •	παιδική •	παιδικό •	παιδικούς •	παιδικές •	παιδικά •
vocative	παιδικέ •	παιδική •	παιδικό •	παιδικοί •	παιδικές •	παιδικά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο παιδικός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο παιδικός, etc.)

Synonyms

• (childish): παιδιάστικος (paidiástikos)

Related terms

• παιδική χαρά f (paidikí chará, “playground”)