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Headword: *mulla/s
Adler number: mu,1403
Translated headword: whore
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning a] prostitute.
Greek Original:
*mulla/s: h( po/rnh.
Note:
Same entry in the Synagoge, Photius' Lexicon (mu592 Theodoridis) and the Lexica Segueriana. The headword (cognate with a verb mu/llw mentioned by Eustathius as occurring in Theocritus) is rarer and, apparently, cruder in tone than the gloss.
Keywords: definition; gender and sexuality; poetry; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 May 2008@04:57:30.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 2 May 2008@19:36:59.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword) on 4 May 2008@04:12:39.
David Whitehead on 29 May 2013@04:32:17.
David Whitehead on 18 May 2016@11:17:16.
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