παιδοτρίβης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of παῖς (paîs, “child”) +‎ τρίβω (tríbō, “to use, to wear down”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.trí.bɛːs/ → /pɛ.ðoˈtri.βis/ → /pe.ðoˈtri.vis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pai̯.do.trí.bɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.doˈtri.be̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈtri.βis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈtri.vis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈtri.vis/

Noun

παιδοτρῐ́βης • (paidotrĭ́bēs) m (genitive παιδοτρῐ́βου); first declension

1. physical trainer, gymnastic trainer

Declension

First declension of ὁ παιδοτρῐ́βης; τοῦ παιδοτρῐ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ παιδοτρῐ́βης ho paidotrĭ́bēs	τὼ παιδοτρῐ́βᾱ tṑ paidotrĭ́bā	οἱ παιδοτρῐ́βαι hoi paidotrĭ́bai
Genitive	τοῦ παιδοτρῐ́βου toû paidotrĭ́bou	τοῖν παιδοτρῐ́βαιν toîn paidotrĭ́bain	τῶν παιδοτρῐβῶν tôn paidotrĭbôn
Dative	τῷ παιδοτρῐ́βῃ tôi paidotrĭ́bēi	τοῖν παιδοτρῐ́βαιν toîn paidotrĭ́bain	τοῖς παιδοτρῐ́βαις toîs paidotrĭ́bais
Accusative	τὸν παιδοτρῐ́βην tòn paidotrĭ́bēn	τὼ παιδοτρῐ́βᾱ tṑ paidotrĭ́bā	τοὺς παιδοτρῐ́βᾱς toùs paidotrĭ́bās
Vocative	παιδοτρῐ́βη paidotrĭ́bē	παιδοτρῐ́βᾱ paidotrĭ́bā	παιδοτρῐ́βαι paidotrĭ́bai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παιδοτριβέω (paidotribéō)

References

• “παιδοτρίβης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδοτρίβης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδοτρίβης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • trainer idem, page 887.