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Headword:
Lakônizô
Adler number: lambda,62
Translated headword: I lakonize, I laconize, I laconise
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] I take the Laconians' view. "Some have atticized, others have laconized."[1]
But to laconize [sc. can also mean] to make use of boys.[2]
Aristophanes in
Thesmophoriazusae, second [edition], [sc. uses the word in this way].[3]
Greek Original:Lakônizô: ta tôn Lakônôn phronô. hoi men êttikikasin, hoi de lelakônikasi. Lakônizein de paidikois chrêsthai. Aristophanês Thesmophoriazousais b#.
Notes:
See generally LSJ s.v.
[1] Quotation (also in the
Lexicon Vindobonense, perhaps via
Phrynichus) unidentifiable.
[2] (Sexual use is implied.) This and what follows comes from
Photius,
Lexicon lambda48 Theodoridis.
[3]
Aristophanes fr. 338 Kock (358 K.-A.); date perhaps 407/6.
Keywords: comedy; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; geography; politics
Translated by: D. Graham J. Shipley on 31 December 2000@06:15:51.
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