Καταγιγαρτίσαι
to de-kernel, to de-pit
Translated by Ryan Stone3 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to copulate with.1
Or meaning to cast down and separate [something] from agricultural grape-stones. The verb [is] context-dependent, so that in part it might be formed fromgi/garta ["grape-stones"]: for katagigarti/sai does not signify 'to copulate with' in every case. Or [meaning] to press down. Grape-stones [are] the seeds of the grape.
Aristophanes [writes]: "[how much more pleasurable it is] to find a pretty young woman carrying wood... grab her around the middle, pick her up, throw her down and de-kernel her."2
Or meaning to cast down and separate [something] from agricultural grape-stones. The verb [is] context-dependent, so that in part it might be formed from
Aristophanes [writes]: "[how much more pleasurable it is] to find a pretty young woman carrying wood... grab her around the middle, pick her up, throw her down and de-kernel her."2