The shape of the female genitalia, in the midst of which [is] the clitoris. Whence touching oneself[1] lewdly [is called] kleitori/zesqai. The lip [is the] u(podori/s, and the attribute murtoxei/lh ['myrtle-berry-lipped'].
*mu/rton: to\ sxh=ma tou= gunaikei/ou ai)doi/ou, ou(= to\ metacu\ kleitori/s. a)f' ou(= to\ a)kola/stws e(/pesqai kleitori/zesqai. to\ de\ xei=los u(podori/s, to\ de\ su/mptwma murtoxei/lh.
Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at
Photius mu611 Theodoridis, and cf.
kappa 1767,
kappa 2416,
mu 1461.
See generally J. Henderson,
The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 20, 122, and esp. 134-5 #125.
[1] This middle infinitive,
e(/pesqai in the lexica, should probably be corrected to
a(/ptesqai (Theodoridis, following Porson).
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