Μυλλάς

whore

Translated by David Whitehead2 May 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

Translation

[Meaning a] prostitute.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μυλλάς· ἡ πόρνη.

Betacode
*mulla/s: h( po/rnh. 

Notes

  1. Same entry in the Synagoge, Photius' Lexicon (mu592 Theodoridis) and the Lexica Segueriana. The headword (cognate with a verb mu/llw mentioned by Eustathius as occurring in Theocritus) is rarer and, apparently, cruder in tone than the gloss.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 18 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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