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Headword:
Muraina
Adler number: mu,1432
Translated headword: sea-eel
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Descriptive of a] lecher. [So called] from the animal. "O traitress and deceiver and sea-eel, you."[1]
Greek Original:Muraina: katapherês. apo tou zôiou. ô prodoti kai paragôge kai muraina su.
Notes:
Likewise in
Photius (mu599 Theodoridis), and similarly already in
Hesychius (mu1884).
[1]
Comica adespota fr. 595 Kock (516 K.-A.); cf.
pi 2370.
Keywords: comedy; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; women; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 15 August 2004@21:09:45.
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