Ἀντίπαις
ex-boy
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who is close to producing cheek-down, one who is growing out the beard. But Aristophanes said pro/shbos ["near-man"] and a)ndro/pais ["man-boy"] [sc. for such a person].1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀντίπαις· ὁ ἐγγὺς ὢν τοῦ ἴουλος γενέσθαι, ὁ τὸν πώγωνα ἐκφύων. ὁ δὲ Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ πρόσηβος καὶ ἀνδρόπαις εἶπεν.
Betacode
*)anti/pais: o( e)ggu\s w)\n tou= i)/oulos gene/sqai, o( to\n pw/gwna e)kfu/wn. o( de\ *)aristofa/nhs o( pro/shbos kai\ a)ndro/pais ei)=pen.
Notes (1)
- See LSJ s.v. for this and other senses of the headword.↩
- 1Attribution disputed between A. of Byzantium (fr.1 Nauck) and A. the comic poet (fr. 773 Kassel-Austin). For the latter term see already alpha 2187.
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict