παιδόφιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

παῖς (paîs, “child”, stem: παιδ-) +‎ -φῐλος (-philos, “-loving”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.dó.pʰi.los/ → /pɛˈðo.ɸi.los/ → /peˈðo.fi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.dó.pʰi.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛˈdo.pʰi.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛˈðo.ɸi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /peˈðo.fi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /peˈðo.fi.los/

Adjective

παιδόφῐλος • (paidóphilos) m (feminine παιδοφῐ́λη, neuter παιδόφῐλον); first/second declension

1. child-loving
   1. (as Παιδοφίλη (Paidophílē)) an epithet of Demeter
   2. of over-fond mothers

      Γέλλως παιδοφιλωτέρα

      Géllōs paidophilōtéra

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

First and second declension of παιδόφῐλος; παιδοφῐ́λη; παιδόφῐλον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		παιδόφῐλος paidóphilos	παιδοφῐ́λη paidophílē	παιδόφῐλον paidóphilon		παιδοφῐ́λω paidophílō	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophílā	παιδοφῐ́λω paidophílō		παιδόφῐλοι paidóphiloi	παιδόφῐλαι paidóphilai	παιδόφῐλᾰ paidóphila
Genitive		παιδοφῐ́λου paidophílou	παιδοφῐ́λης paidophílēs	παιδοφῐ́λου paidophílou		παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophíloin	παιδοφῐ́λαιν paidophílain	παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophíloin		παιδοφῐ́λων paidophílōn	παιδοφῐ́λων paidophílōn	παιδοφῐ́λων paidophílōn
Dative		παιδοφῐ́λῳ paidophílōi	παιδοφῐ́λῃ paidophílēi	παιδοφῐ́λῳ paidophílōi		παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophíloin	παιδοφῐ́λαιν paidophílain	παιδοφῐ́λοιν paidophíloin		παιδοφῐ́λοις paidophílois	παιδοφῐ́λαις paidophílais	παιδοφῐ́λοις paidophílois
Accusative		παιδόφῐλον paidóphilon	παιδοφῐ́λην paidophílēn	παιδόφῐλον paidóphilon		παιδοφῐ́λω paidophílō	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophílā	παιδοφῐ́λω paidophílō		παιδοφῐ́λους paidophílous	παιδοφῐ́λᾱς paidophílās	παιδόφῐλᾰ paidóphila
Vocative		παιδόφῐλε paidóphile	παιδοφῐ́λη paidophílē	παιδόφῐλον paidóphilon		παιδοφῐ́λω paidophílō	παιδοφῐ́λᾱ paidophílā	παιδοφῐ́λω paidophílō		παιδόφῐλοι paidóphiloi	παιδόφῐλαι paidóphilai	παιδόφῐλᾰ paidóphila
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		παιδοφῐ́λως paidophílōs				παιδοφῐλώτερος paidophilṓteros				παιδοφῐλώτᾰτος paidophilṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παιδοφῐλῐ́ᾱ (paidophilíā)

Related terms

• παιδόφῐλέω (paidóphiléō)
• παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs)

Further reading

• “παιδόφιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παιδόφιλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette