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Headword: *gunai/kisis
Adler number: gamma,496
Translated headword: acting the woman, drag act
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] female imitation. "[...] before paying the price for that other drag act."[1]

Greek Original:

*gunai/kisis: h( gunaikei/a mi/mhsis. pri\n th=s e(te/ras gunaiki/sews di/khn dou=nai.

Note:

[1] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 863 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there.

Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 July 2002@13:05:54.
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David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 20 July 2002@11:05:09.
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