Ὁμευνέτης

bed-partner

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Dec 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 27 words
[o(meune/ths, genitive] o(meune/tou: [meaning] of a man who shares a bed.1 But the feminine [is] o(meune/tis [spelled] with iota.2
[sc. The genitive of the latter is] o(meune/tidos.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὁμευνέτης, ὁμευνέτου· συγκοίτου ἀνδρός. τὸ δὲ θηλυκὸν ὁμευνέτις διὰ τοῦ ι. ὁμευνέτιδος.

Betacode
*(omeune/ths, o(meune/tou: sugkoi/tou a)ndro/s. to\ de\ qhluko\n o(meune/tis dia\ tou= i. o(meune/tidos.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius omicron276 Theodoridis. This genitive is taken to be quoted from Euripides, Medea 953. ↩
  2. 2e.g. Sophocles, Ajax 501 (with the accusative o(meune/tin). ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Jun 2013
  1. typo — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded n.1; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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