Μοιχάγρια
adultery-fines
Translated by Jennifer Benedict1 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the proceeds of adultery, paid by the man caught [acting as] an adulterer.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μοιχάγρια· τὰ ἀντὶ τῆς μοιχείας ἀγρεύματα, ἐπὶ τῷ ληφθῆναι μοιχὸν ἀποτινόμενα.
Betacode
*moixa/gria: ta\ a)nti\ th=s moixei/as a)greu/mata, e)pi\ tw=| lhfqh=nai moixo\n a)potino/mena.
Notes
Linked from5 entries
- μ1355ΜοιχάζωI seduce"[He] seduced licentious women."
- μ1356Μοιχαλίςadulterous, seductive[Descriptive of] a prostitute, a woman engaging in adultery/seduction.
- μ1357Μοιχείαadultery, seductionAdultery/seduction and poisoning are the same thing. For both happen secretly. They are also called plots; and neither the adulteress/seductress nor the poisoner loves the man.
- μ1360ΜοιχόςseducerA type of haircut in the manner of catamites. Aristophanes [writes]: "Cratinus ever getting the 'seducer's' cut with a single blade." An indecent haircut cut like a catamite. And another type [of haircut is] 'garden',…
- ω62Ὦ Λακιάδαιo Lakiadai!, o Laciadae!["O Lakiadai!" is a proverbial phrase] in reference to seducers. For Lakiadai [is] a deme of Attica, where [there are] many radishes, which they used to use when humiliating those caught [sc. in the act]. And if these…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict