Ματρυλεῖον

mothers'-brothel

Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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They say this is a particular place where old women spend their time receiving those out to get drunk. Menander in Arbitration [writes]: "will he not wail, after squandering his life in a mothers'-brothel?".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ματρυλεῖον· τόπον τινά φασιν εἶναι, ἐν ᾧ γρᾶες διατρίβουσαι δέχονται τοὺς βουλομένους καταμεθυσθῆναι. Μένανδρος Ἐπιτρέπουσιν· οὐκ οἰμώξεται κατὰ τρεῖς ἐν ματρυλείῳ τὸν βίον.

Betacode

*matrulei=on: to/pon tina/ fasin ei)=nai, e)n w(=| gra=es diatri/bousai de/xontai tou\s boulome/nous katamequsqh=nai. *me/nandros *)epitre/pousin: ou)k oi)mw/cetai kata\ trei=s e)n matrulei/w| to\n bi/on.

Notes (1)

Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting in the first instance on Dinarchus fr. XLVII.5 Conomis.
1Menander, Epitrepontes 501-2 Koerte (691-2 Sandbach). The participle katafqarei/s ("after squandering") there has become, in the Suda mss, the garbled kata\ trei=s, "by threes." ↩

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μ272Μαστρίλλιονpimp-houseA place where pimps used to spend their time.

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μ288ΜάτριςMatris μ289ΜάτρωνοςMatron's; of Matron μ290Ματρυλεῖονmothers'-brothel μ291Μάττονταςkneading μ292Μὰ τόνby g-!

Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Jul 2015

4 Jul 2015Revised — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2011augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
4 Dec 2003augmented note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Dec 2003Augmented note; cosmetics; set status — Elizabeth Vandiver
7 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead

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