Μύρτον
myrtle-berry
Translated by David Whitehead27 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[A term for] the female genitalia. Aristophanes [writes]: "[for the women] will not even allow us to touch their myrtle-berries until with one accord we [all] make peace with Hellas".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μύρτον· τὸ γυναικεῖον αἰδοῖον. Ἀριστοφάνης· οὐδὲ τῶ μύρτω θιγεῖν ἐῶντι πρὶν ἐξ ἑνὸς λόγου σπονδὰς ποιησόμεθα ποττὰν Ἑλλάδα.
Betacode
*mu/rton: to\ gunaikei=on ai)doi=on. *)aristofa/nhs: ou)de\ tw= mu/rtw qigei=n e)w=nti pri\n e)c e(no\s lo/gou sponda\s poihso/meqa potta\n *(ella/da.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1004-1006 (in Laconian, imperfectly quoted here: web address 1), with scholion.
See also mu 1462 (and mu 1457).
References
J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 134-5 #125
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- κ2416Κριθήbarleycorn[A term for] the sexual organ of men, the woman's one [being] myrtleberry. Also [attested is] kriqi/dion, its diminutive.
- μ1437ΜυρίκηtamariskA kind of plant. "There was a vast plain, on which tamarisks had been planted [...]".
- μ1438ΜυρρίνηmyrtleA species of plant. Also [sc. attested is] "myrtling", [meaning someone] desiring office. For the officials [sc. in Athens] are crowned with myrtles. The tree [in question is the] tamarisk. "[Then he called upon him to]…
- μ1457Μύρταmyrtle-berries[Meaning] the fruit of the myrtle[-bush].
- μ1462Μύρτονmyrtle-berryThe shape of the female genitalia, in the midst of which [is] the clitoris. Whence touching oneself lewdly [is called] kleitori/zesqai. The lip [is the] u(podori/s, and the attribute murtoxei/lh ['myrtle-berry-lipped'].
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Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Oct 2020
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- corrected x-ref — David Whitehead
- added link and keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead