Μισητία
lewdness
Translated by William Hutton2 Aug 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] prostitution in Aristophanes: [sc. he writes] "not on account of lewdness."1 Also [sc. attested is] mishti/an ["lewdness"], [meaning] one who is prone to intercourse.2 Not on account, [she] is saying,3 of indulging my wantonness.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μισητία· ἡ πορνεία παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει· οὐχ ἕνεκα μισητίας. καὶ μισητίαν, τὸν εἰς τὰς συνουσίας ἐπίφορον. οὐχ ἕνεκα, φησί, τοῦ ὑπηρετεῖν μου τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ.
Betacode
*mishti/a: h( pornei/a para\ *)aristofa/nei: ou)x e(/neka mishti/as. kai\ mishti/an, to\n ei)s ta\s sunousi/as e)pi/foron. ou)x e(/neka, fhsi/, tou= u(phretei=n mou th=| a)selgei/a|.
Notes (3)
- 1Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 989 (Web address 1), with comment derived loosely from the scholia there (see n. 2). In the Aristophanes passage the word appears in the genitive case, vs. the nominative case of the headword. ↩
- 2
mishti/an is the accusative case of the headword. At first glance it seems to be a separate lemma from a different source, but in fact it is part of the commentary on the same Aristophanes passage, presented here in abridged form. In parallel passages from the scholia the headword appears in the accusative as part of a larger clause discussing the word: "[he is using] 'lewdness' [sc. to describe] that which [not 'one who' as in the Suda] is prone to intercourse." ↩ - 3The old woman, speaking to Chremylos. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 24 May 2013
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- another note; another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton