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Headword: *)illw/ptein
Adler number: iota,326
Translated headword: to leer
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
In the Epigrams: "to Priapus leering down at [something] sweet and feminine."[1]
Greek Original:
*)illw/ptein. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: tw=| glukero\n kai\ qh=lu katillw/ptonti *prih/pw|.
Notes:
The headword, a present active infinitive, is unglossed here, but for glossing see Photius, Lexicon iota114 Theodoridis (with further references).
[1] Greek Anthology 5.200.3 (author unknown), using a compound of the headword verb. On this epigram, a hetaera's dedication to Priapus, see Gow and Page, vol. I (207) and vol. II (577-578).
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge 1965)
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality; poetry; religion; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 13 April 2006@00:19:47.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 13 April 2006@03:03:42.
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