Monosyllabic dental stems of the third declension

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Monosyllabic dental stems of the third declension

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Is the accusative singular of παῖς παίν or παῖδα? Mastronarde says that for disyllabic stems of third-declension dentals the accusative is the short form when accented on the first syllable and the longer form when accented on the second, but is silent on monosyllables.

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παῖδα

If I'm not mistaken, all 3rd decl. monosyllabic consonantal stems (i.e., other than stems in -ι and -υ) have acc. sing. in -Cα. Monosyllabic 3rd decl. stems in -υ usually have accusatives in -υν (e.g., γραυν, βουν, ναυν, which are perispomenon). I'm not sure there are any monosyllabic stems in -ι, but if there are, I suspect the accusative would be -ιν.
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Thanks.

ed: just letting you know I saw your edit

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