ἀντίπαις

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tí.pai̯s/ → /anˈti.pɛs/ → /anˈdi.pes/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tí.pai̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pɛs/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pɛs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈti.pes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdi.pes/

Adjective

ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις • (antípais) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις); third declension

1. like a child
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 38:

     δείσασα γὰρ γραῦς οὐδέν, ἀντίπαις μὲν οὖν.

     deísasa gàr graûs oudén, antípais mèn oûn.

   • 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 326–327:

     ὅστις θυγατρὸς ἀντίπαιδος ἐκ λόγων / τοσόνδ’ ἔπνευσας

     hóstis thugatròs antípaidos ek lógōn / tosónd’ épneusas

   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Amores (Affairs of the Heart) 2
2. no longer a child
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 564

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις; ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις antípais	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι antípai		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες antípaides	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida
Genitive		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος antípaidos	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος antípaidos		ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin	ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin		ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδων antipaídōn	ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδων antipaídōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδῐ antípaidi	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδῐ antípaidi		ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin	ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν antipaídoin		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐν antípaisi(n)	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐν antípaisi(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι antípai		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰς antípaidas	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida
Vocative		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις antípais	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παι antípai		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide		ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες antípaides	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ antípaida
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδως antipaídōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις • (antípais) m (genitive ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος); third declension

1. a mere boy
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, 15 33.12
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, 27 15.4
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 4 3
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus 22
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Dream 16
   • Ant., Lib. 13.5

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις; τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις hē antípais	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε tṑ antípaide	αἱ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες hai antípaides
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδος tês antípaidos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν toîn antipaídoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδων tôn antipaídōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδῐ têi antípaidi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐπαίδοιν toîn antipaídoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́παισῐν taîs antípaisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰ tḕn antípaida	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε tṑ antípaide	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδᾰς tā̀s antípaidas
Vocative	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παις antípais	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδε antípaide	ᾰ̓ντῐ́παιδες antípaides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ἀντίπαις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press