Πυγοστόλος

lewd, provocative

Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝21 Jul 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 18 words
[Meaning she who is] enticing; a procuress.1 Hesiod [writes]: "and let not a lewd woman thoroughly outwit you."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πυγοστόλος· προαγωγός· μαυλίστρια. Ἡσίοδος· μηδέ σε γυνὴ πυγοστόλος ἐξαπατάτω.

Betacode
*pugosto/los: proagwgo/s: mauli/stria. *(hsi/odos: mhde/ se gunh\ pugosto/los e)capata/tw.

Notes (2)

  1. 1This second gloss is also in other lexica. (The headword adjective literally means dressing up or exhibiting the buttocks.) ↩
  2. 2Hesiod, Works and Days 373 (web address 1) ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π3112ΠυγμαλῖνοςPygmalinos, Pygmalinusπ3113Πυγμήboxing, fistπ3114Πυγοστόλοςlewd, provocativeπ3115ΠυδαλίζωI dance the flingπ3116ΠυδναίουςPydnaians
Revision history4 revisions · last 23 Dec 2021
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. expanded notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. added note; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝

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