Μειρακιεύεσθαι

to be laddish, to play the boy

Translated by David Whitehead7 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 18 words
[Meaning] to play/sport like a meirakion; for a meirakion [is] a meirax ["lad"].1
Also [sc. attested is] meiraku/llion.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μειρακιεύεσθαι· ὡς μειράκιον ἀθύρειν· μείραξ γὰρ τὸ μειράκιον. καὶ Μειρακύλλιον.

Betacode
*meirakieu/esqai: w(s meira/kion a)qu/rein: mei/rac ga\r to\ meira/kion. kai\ *meiraku/llion.

Notes (2)

  1. 1This is the first of the two senses recognised by LSJ s.v. meirakieu/omai. (The second is technical/medical: to attain puberty.) Examples in Plutarch, Lucian, etc. ↩
  2. 2cf. under alpha 3898 and pi 1732. Diminutive of meira/kion (LSJ), and thus a diminutive twice over. ↩

Neighbouring entries

μ856Μειοῦταιis diminished, is lessened, is shortenedμ857Μείωνlessμ858Μειρακιεύεσθαιto be laddish, to play the boyμ859Μείρεταιreceives as one's portionμ860ΜείρωI apportion
Revision history3 revisions · last 20 May 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

Keyboard shortcuts

j
Next entry
k
Previous entry
g
Toggle Greek
/
Search
?
Show shortcuts