Παιδνός

childish, of childish years

Translated by Ronald Allen22 May 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 2 words

Child, young.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παιδνός· παῖς, νέος.

Betacode

*paidno/s: pai=s, ne/os.

Notes (1)

The epic/poetic headword adjective is the masculine/feminine nominative singular. It appears in this form at Homer, Odyssey 21.21 (web address 1); also e.g. Homer, Odyssey 24.338 (web address 2); Aeschylus, Agamemnon 479 (web address 3).
1From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 21.21; cf. Hesychius, Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon 126.6, and Etymologicum Magnum 657.55. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π861Παιδικώτερονmore boyish, rather boyish π862Παιδίσκηslave-girl π863Παιδνόςchildish, of childish years π864Παιδοκομοῦνταchild-tending π865Παιδομαθῆboyhood-trained

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Jun 2021

29 Jun 2021tweaked links — Catharine Roth
31 Mar 2015coding — Catharine Roth
2 Sep 2011Revised — David Whitehead
22 May 2008more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
22 May 2008Translated — Ronald Allen