Κασαλβάδες
whores
Translated by David Whitehead10 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] courtesans, that is women permanently positioned at a brothel and a building,1 offering themselves to all-comers for a fee.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κασαλβάδες· ἑταῖραι, τουτέστιν ἀεὶ ἐπὶ τέγους καὶ οἰκήματος ἑστῶσαι γυναῖκες, ἐπὶ μισθῷ παρέχουσαι τοῖς βουλομένοις ἑαυτάς.
Betacode
*kasalba/des: e(tai=rai, toute/stin a)ei\ e)pi\ te/gous kai\ oi)kh/matos e(stw=sai gunai=kes, e)pi\ misqw=| pare/xousai toi=s boulome/nois e(auta/s.
Notes (1)
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 355, for which see at kappa 448; and cf. also kappa 447 for the singular of the present headword.
On this noun see generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 212-3 #469. - 1Both of these terms, in fact, imply places of prostitution. For
te/gos see LSJ s.v., III. For 'building' see omicroniota 60. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- κ447Κασαλβάςwhore[Meaning] prostitute. They were called whores, from what they do. They do not have lovers but summon them; they scare off the existing ones in order that they may take others. So [the term kasalbas arises] from…
- κ448ΚασαλβάσωI will debauch[Meaning] I will revile. "I will debauch the generals [sc. serving] in Pylos."
- κ450Κασαυρίοις ἢ Κασαλβίοιςin knocking-shops or in whorehousesThat is, in the brothels. Aristophanes [writes]: "[he] licking up the detestable dew in knocking-shops".
- κ567Κατακᾶσαkatakasa, whore[Meaning she who is] lewd, or deserving to be burned up. Or [sc. so called] because ka/son [is] the man's sperm. Whence also [comes] kasi/gnhtos ["brother"].
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- typo, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead