Λορδουμένων
arching backwards
Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] moving. Because those who are copulating move [sc. in this way]. Aristophanes [writes]: "and presider over bodies arching backwards".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λορδουμένων· κινουμένων. ἐπειδὴ οἱ συνουσιάζοντες κινοῦνται. Ἀριστοφάνης· λορδουμένων τε σωμάτων ἐπιστάτην.
Betacode
*lordoume/nwn: kinoume/nwn. e)peidh\ oi( sunousia/zontes kinou=ntai. *)aristofa/nhs: lordoume/nwn te swma/twn e)pista/thn.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 10 (referring to a lamp), with scholion. The headword participle, genitive plural neuter, is extracted from the quiotation.
For this verb see already lambda 680; and cf. also lambda 678, lambda 679.
Linked from2 entries
- λ678Λορδόνbent backwards, convex[Meaning] something humped. Also [sc. attested is the superlative] lordo/taton ["most/very bent"], [meaning something] bent upwards and opposite to the curved [sc. shape, i.e. concave]; that which is also called…
- λ680Λορδουμένηarching backwardsProcopius says [this] about Theodora the wife of Justinian: "she [often] undressed and stood among the mimes, both arching backwards and thrusting out her hindquarters". Like kekamme/nh ["bent"].
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