Ἀνδρόγυνος
androgynous
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝2 Jul 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνδρόγυνος· ὁ Διόνυσος, ὡς καὶ τὰ ἀνδρῶν ποιῶν καὶ τὰ γυναικῶν πάσχων. ἢ ἄνανδρος, καὶ ἑρμαφρόδιτος. καὶ Ἀνδρογύνων, ἀσθενῶν, γυναικῶν καρδίας ἐχόντων.
Betacode
*)andro/gunos: o( *dio/nusos, w(s kai\ ta\ a)ndrw=n poiw=n kai\ ta\ gunaikw=n pa/sxwn. h)\ a)/nandros, kai\ e(rmafro/ditos. kai\ *)androgu/nwn, a)sqenw=n, gunaikw=n kardi/as e)xo/ntwn.
Notes (3)
- 1Sexual intercourse, specifically, is envisaged here. For Dionysos in this regard see K.J. Dover, Greek Homosexuality (London 1978) index s.v. ↩
- 2From glosses on Herodotus 4.67.2, where the nominative plural of the headword appears. ↩
- 3Same or similar glossing in other lexica; this genitive plural is evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Proverbs 18:8 LXX, though there are other possibilities). ↩
Linked from2 entries
- α3822Ἄρρενmale, masculine[Male] and masculinely and half-man [hêmiandros] and half-woman [hêmigunaix] and double-sexed [digenês] and effeminate [thêludrias] and hermaphrodite and eunuch [ithris], whose vigor has been cut off; also [sc. attested…
- ε3028Ἑρμαφρόδιτοςhermaphrodite[This is what] they call either a man who has both kinds of genitalia, of males and of females; or one who is both an active and a passive participant in shameful [sc. sexual] acts.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Aug 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Anne Mahoney
- supplied missing note; added a keyword — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ross Scaife ✝