Παῖ

boy

Translated by David Whitehead10 May 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

22 words

"What is it, boy? for boy is the right thing to call someone one beats, even if he is an old man".

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παῖ· Ἀριστοφάνης· τί δ' ἐστίν, ὦ παῖ; παῖδα γάρ, κἂν ᾖ γέρων, καλεῖν δίκαιον, ὅστις ἂν πληγὰς λάβῃ.

Betacode

*pai=: *)aristofa/nhs: ti/ d' e)sti/n, w)= pai=; pai=da ga/r, ka)\n h)=| ge/rwn, kalei=n di/kaion, o(/stis a)\n plhga\s la/bh|.

Notes

Aristophanes, Wasps 1297-98 (where commentators suppose that an extract from tragedy, opening like this, is being parodied). See web address 1.
For the boy/slave ambiguity of pais cf. pi 850 (and see also pi 862).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π850ΠαῖδεςboysNot only slaves, but also youths [sc. are called 'boys']. David [writes]: "paides, praise the Lord." Meaning slaves.

Neighbouring entries

π833Παχύνοοιthick-minded π834Παχύτερονrather thick, thicker π835Παῖboy π836Παιάνpaean π837Παιᾶναςpaeans

Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Sep 2011

2 Sep 2011more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
11 May 2004another x-ref — David Whitehead
10 May 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
10 May 2004Translated — David Whitehead