Σμοιός
Smoios, Smoeus
Translated by David Whitehead2 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
A proper name. [That of] a doer of shameful things to women. "And Smoios, wearing his riding-suit, is in amongst the women cleaning out their cunts".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σμοιός· ὄνομα κύριον. αἰσχροποιὸς εἰς γυναῖκας. Σμοιὸς δ' ἐν αὐταῖς ἱππικὴν στολὴν ἔχων τὰ τῶν γυναικῶν διακαθαίρει τρυβλία.
Betacode
*smoio/s: o)/noma ku/rion. ai)sxropoio\s ei)s gunai=kas. *smoio\s d' e)n au)tai=s i(ppikh\n stolh\n e)/xwn ta\ tw=n gunaikw=n diakaqai/rei trubli/a.
Notes (1)
- 1Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 846-7 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the scholia (to 846) there. For greater explicitness see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 165 #277 ("wearing his riding-suit" as indicator of sexual position) and 186 #392 (cunnilingus). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Jul 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead