[Meaning] the genital organ of a man.
*po/sqh: to\ ai)doi=on tou= a)ndro/s.
From the fuller
scholia on
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1014, where this feminine noun occurs in the accusative case (web address 1); cf. scholion on
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 254, also
Etymologicum Magnum 684.55.
J. Henderson,
The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 109 #2 characterises a
po/sqh as 'a small member or a young boy's member', adding that it 'seems to have had an affectionate and somewhat respectable tone, in contrast to the vulgar, almost violent tone of
pe/os [
pi 987]'.
See also
pi 2115, and
pi 2114 for the neuter diminutive.
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