Τέτανος καὶ ῥοπαλισμός
erection and priapism
Translated by Marcelo Boeri9 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the tension of the penis; [sc. the second of these terms is used] since [the penis] becomes like a club. Aristophanes [writes]: "and then you will raise up for the men an erection and priapisms".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τέτανος καὶ ῥοπαλισμός· ἡ τάσις τοῦ αἰδοίου· ἐπεὶ ὡς ῥόπαλον γίνεται. Ἀριστοφάνης· κᾆτ' ἐντέξῃ τέτανον τοῖς ἀνδράσι καὶ ῥοπαλισμούς.
Betacode
*te/tanos kai\ r(opalismo/s: h( ta/sis tou= ai)doi/ou: e)pei\ w(s r(o/palon gi/netai. *)aristofa/nhs: ka)=|t' e)nte/ch| te/tanon toi=s a)ndra/si kai\ r(opalismou/s.
Notes
- For the first part of this headword (but in another sense) see tau 366. The present entry comes from Aristophanes, Lysistrata 553 ('sweet' erection is here omitted), with scholion; cf. rho 229.
Linked from2 entries
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- τ366ΤέτανοςtetanusA disease occurring in horses. For horses get sick with many diseases: foot disease, intestinal obstruction, tetanus, suppurations and surfeit. Surfeit is an indigestion accompanied by a swaddling band, tetanus a spasm,…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri