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Headword:
*)epitimw=sa
Adler number: epsilon,2703
Translated headword: raising the value
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "When she consorted with her lovers as a courtesan she used to demand fees that were hefty, raising the value of what she demanded for her companionship, because of her inability to do what she wanted openly."[1] ['Raising the value' means] increasing the price.
Greek Original:*)epitimw=sa: toi=s me\n e)rasqei=sin w(s e(tai/ra sunh=n a(drou\s ai)tou=sa tou\s misqou/s, e)pitimw=sa th\n u(pe\r th=s o(mili/as ai)/thsin, dia\ to\ mh\ e)cei=nai dra=n e)mfanw=s a(\ e)qe/lei. baru/nousa th\n timh/n.
Notes:
The headword, a present participle in the feminine nominative singular, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] Quotation unidentifiable, though Adler suggested
Aelian as a possible source, and
Aelian is indeed fond of the (unusual) expression "hefty fee/pay" (
a(dro\s misqo/s); so e.g.
Varia Historia 12.63, on the courtesan Archedike 'in
Naukratis'. The present instance, though, concerns a women who covertly behaves like a courtesan without actually being one.
Translated by: William Hutton on 11 December 2007@04:34:30.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 11 December 2007@05:29:21.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaking) on 21 October 2012@08:40:51.
David Whitehead (expanded and modified n.1) on 2 February 2016@03:56:24.
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