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Headword:
*boubwniw=
Adler number: beta,413
Translated headword: I have a swollen groin
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] I have an inflammation of the groin. "So me, I want into the bathhouse" -- to go away is omitted -- "for I have a swollen groin, in both kidneys, [brought about] by my exertions."
Greek Original:*boubwniw=: flegmai/nw tou\s boubw=nas. e)gw\ me\n ou)=n ei)s to\ balanei=on bou/lomai: lei/pei a)pelqei=n: boubwniw= ga\r tw\ nefrw\ u(po\ tw=n ko/pwn.
Note:
Aristophanes,
Frogs 1279-1280 (web address 1 below), with comment from the
scholia to 1276. Here as elsewhere, "kidneys" was a comic euphemism for testicles: see J. Henderson,
The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 125 #76.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; gender and sexuality; medicine
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 December 2001@15:10:21.
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