Θορή

semen

Translated by Nicholas Wilshere20 Nov 2002Vetting: high2 revisions

8 words

[Genitive] qorh=s: [meaning] the generative fluid, the seed.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θορή, θορῆς· ἡ γονή, τὸ σπέρμα.

Betacode

*qorh/, qorh=s: h( gonh/, to\ spe/rma.

Notes

More usually masculine, qoro/s: see theta 412 (and LSJ s.v.).

Linked from1 entry

θ412Θορόςsemen[Meaning] the body's seed. Nessus tells Deianeira to scrape the blood off the arrows with which he had been struck and to mix it with the semen which he had exuded and to daub Heracles or rub his clothing with it.

Neighbouring entries

θ407ΘοραίThorai, Thorae θ408Θορεῖνto leap θ409Θορήsemen θ410ΘορικόςThorikos, Thoricus θ411Θόρνυσθαιto impregnate, to sire

Revision history2 revisions · last 4 Jan 2013

4 Jan 2013x-ref — David Whitehead
21 Nov 2002supplemented translation; added note and keyword — David Whitehead
20 Nov 2002Translated — Nicholas Wilshere