Προαγωγός

pander, pimp, procurer, procuress

Translated by David Whitehead11 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning a] teacher of evils.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προαγωγός· διδάσκαλος κακῶν.

Betacode

*proagwgo/s: dida/skalos kakw=n.

Notes

Same or similar entries in other lexica (references at Photius pi1172 Theodoridis); generated by the appearance of the headword in Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 341 (of a woman's female slave operating as a sexual go-between: web address 1); cf. epsilon 1271.
cf. generally pi 2308, pi 3114.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π2308Προαγωγείαpandering, pimping, procuring[no gloss]

Neighbouring entries

π2305Πρόfor π2306ΠροάγωI advance, I bring forward, I escort, I increase, persuade π2307Προαγωγόςpander, pimp, procurer, procuress π2308Προαγωγείαpandering, pimping, procuring π2309Προάγωνοςof an actors' parade, of a preliminary contest, of a proagon

Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Oct 2013

14 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
3 May 2010more x-refs — David Whitehead
3 May 2010added link, set status — Catharine Roth
11 Mar 2010Translated — David Whitehead