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Headword: Paidika
Adler number: pi,859
Translated headword: boy-friend
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Oxytone. It is neuter plural. Some apply this to a fine love, but some to a shameful [one]; 'boy-friend' means the beloved.
Greek Original:
Paidika: oxutonôs. esti de oudeteron plêthuntikon. touto de tines ep' agathou erôtos, tines de ep' aischrou lambanousi: to de paidika anti tou erômenos.
Notes:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1026 (web address 1).
See also pi 858, pi 860 (and pi 861).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 February 2004@11:25:17.
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Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 15 May 2004@03:00:34.
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