παιδίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

παιδῐ́ον • (paidíon) n (genitive παιδῐ́ου); second declension

  1. little child, young child

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ παιδῐ́ον; τοῦ παιδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ παιδῐ́ον
tò paidíon		 τὼ παιδῐ́ω
tṑ paidíō		 τᾰ̀ παιδῐ́ᾰ
tà paidía
Genitive τοῦ παιδῐ́ου
toû paidíou		 τοῖν παιδῐ́οιν
toîn paidíoin		 τῶν παιδῐ́ων
tôn paidíōn
Dative τῷ παιδῐ́ῳ
tôi paidíōi		 τοῖν παιδῐ́οιν
toîn paidíoin		 τοῖς παιδῐ́οις
toîs paidíois
Accusative τὸ παιδῐ́ον
tò paidíon		 τὼ παιδῐ́ω
tṑ paidíō		 τᾰ̀ παιδῐ́ᾰ
tà paidía
Vocative παιδῐ́ον
paidíon		 παιδῐ́ω
paidíō		 παιδῐ́ᾰ
paidía
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: παιδί (paidí)
  • Italiot Greek: pedì
  • Mariupol Greek: педъы́ (pjeðý)
  • →⇒ English: lithopedion
  • →⇒ Italian: litopedio
  • →? Medieval Latin: pagius (see there for further descendants)

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