Θηλύμητρις
cross-dresser, transvestite
Translated by Ryan Stone22 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] catamite/sodomite.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θηλύμητρις· ὁ πόρνος.
Betacode
*qhlu/mhtris: o( po/rnos.
Notes
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, accrding to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (222, cf. 247). The headword, transmitted in these lexica as
qhlu/mhtris , should probably beqhlumi/trhs : see LSJ s.v. ('in women's clothes': web address 1), noting a probable conjecture to that effect in Lucian.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Apr 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Ryan Stone