The headword is a two-ending adjective in the masculine (and feminine) nominative singular. In the quotation that follows, it appears in the genitive singular.
[1] The gloss is the neuter singular form of the grammatical term metousiastiko/s (Dickey, p. 247; Lallot, p. 159); cf. under alpha 2714 = chi 56. The headword derives from pai=s (child); see Chantraine s.v., and cf. pi 853.
[2] Greek Anthology 6.294.5-6 (Phanias). Apparently upon retirement, Kallon dedicates to Hermes representative items (plural su/mbol', not the Suda's singular) from his pedagogue's toolkit: the walking stick, a slipper, his cap, the bull's-hide whip, the lash, and the fiery cane. On the role of a "pedagogue," see pi 1844.