Πορνεῖα
brothel, whorehouse
Translated by David Whitehead1 Mar 2004Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A place where whores spend their time. "Going into the whorehouses all the time". Aristophanes [sc. says this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πορνεῖα· τόπος, ἔνθα αἱ πόρναι διάγουσιν. ἐς τὰ πορνεῖα ἐσιόνθ' ἑκάστοτε. Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*pornei=a: to/pos, e)/nqa ai( po/rnai dia/gousin. e)s ta\ pornei=a e)sio/nq' e(ka/stote. *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Wasps 1283 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there.
cf. generally pi 2080, pi 2081.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π2079Πορνείαfornication, prostitution[Meaning] idolatry. Also [sc. attested is] po/rnos ["male prostitute"], an idolator. [sc. The term comes] from beckoning [neu/ein] forwards [po/rrw]. "You destroyed everyone fornicating [sc. and so departing] from you;…
- π2080ΠορνεύωI am a whore, I prostitute myself[no gloss]
- π2081Πορνίδιονlittle whore[Meaning] a small girl.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Oct 2021
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead