παιδοπόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῖς (paîs) +‎ πόρος (póros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈpo.ros/ → /pe.ðoˈpo.ros/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pɛ.doˈpo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pɛ.ðoˈpo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈpo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ðoˈpo.ros/

Adjective

παιδοπόρος • (paidopóros) m or f (neuter παιδοπόρον); second declension

1. (hapax) childbearing (lit. 'that through which the child passes')
   • Palatine Anthology 9.311:

     ὠκείαις ἐλάφοισι κύων ἰσάμιλλα δραμοῦσα ἔγκυος ἡλκώθη παιδοπόρον γένεσιν.

     ōkeíais eláphoisi kúōn isámilla dramoûsa énkuos hēlkṓthē paidopóron génesin.

     A bitch, equal in the footrace to swift deer, was wounded in her childbearing organ while pregnant.

Usage notes

The only cited occurence of this word is in combination with γένεσις (génesis), where the whole phrase is given in LSJ (under γένεσις) as 'genitalia muliebria', literally "a woman's genitals". Most (older) lexica resist clearly defining words that they deem to be obscene, and this is such a case.

Declension

Second declension of παιδοπόρος; παιδοπόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		παιδοπόρος paidopóros	παιδοπόρον paidopóron		παιδοπόρω paidopórō	παιδοπόρω paidopórō		παιδοπόροι paidopóroi	παιδοπόρᾰ paidopóra
Genitive		παιδοπόρου paidopórou	παιδοπόρου paidopórou		παιδοπόροιν paidopóroin	παιδοπόροιν paidopóroin		παιδοπόρων paidopórōn	παιδοπόρων paidopórōn
Dative		παιδοπόρῳ paidopórōi	παιδοπόρῳ paidopórōi		παιδοπόροιν paidopóroin	παιδοπόροιν paidopóroin		παιδοπόροις paidopórois	παιδοπόροις paidopórois
Accusative		παιδοπόρον paidopóron	παιδοπόρον paidopóron		παιδοπόρω paidopórō	παιδοπόρω paidopórō		παιδοπόρους paidopórous	παιδοπόρᾰ paidopóra
Vocative		παιδοπόρε paidopóre	παιδοπόρον paidopóron		παιδοπόρω paidopórō	παιδοπόρω paidopórō		παιδοπόροι paidopóroi	παιδοπόρᾰ paidopóra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		παιδοπόρως paidopórōs			παιδοπορώτερος paidoporṓteros			παιδοπορώτᾰτος paidoporṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παιδοπόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παιδοπόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παιδοπόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “παιδοπόρος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “παιδοπόρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011