παιδοφίλης

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰí.lɛːs/ → /pɛ.ðoˈɸi.lis/ → /pe.ðoˈfi.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.pʰí.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.doˈpʰi.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈɸi.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfi.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈfi.lis/

Etymology 1

παῖς (paîs, “boy”) +‎ φιλέω (philéō, “love”)

Noun

παιδοφῐ́λης • (paidophílēs) m (genitive παιδοφῐ́λου); first declension

1. (derogatory, chiefly) lover of boys, pedophile
   • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 1357
   • 5th century BC, Telecleides 49

Declension

First declension of ὁ παιδοφῐ́λης; τοῦ παιδοφῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιδοφῐ́λης ho paidophílēs	τὼ παιδοφῐ́λᾱ tṑ paidophílā	οἱ παιδοφῐ́λαι hoi paidophílai
Genitive	τοῦ παιδοφῐ́λου toû paidophílou	τοῖν παιδοφῐ́λαιν toîn paidophílain	τῶν παιδοφῐλῶν tôn paidophilôn
Dative	τῷ παιδοφῐ́λῃ tôi paidophílēi	τοῖν παιδοφῐ́λαιν toîn paidophílain	τοῖς παιδοφῐ́λαις toîs paidophílais
Accusative	τὸν παιδοφῐ́λην tòn paidophílēn	τὼ παιδοφῐ́λᾱ tṑ paidophílā	τοὺς παιδοφῐ́λᾱς toùs paidophílās
Vocative	παιδοφῐ́λη paidophílē	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophílā	παιδοφῐ́λαι paidophílai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• παιδερᾰστής (paiderastḗs)

References

• “παιδοφίλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδοφίλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδοφίλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of παιδόφῐλος (paidóphilos).

Adjective

παιδοφῐ́λης • (paidophílēs)

1. genitive feminine singular of παιδόφῐλος (paidóphilos)