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Headword: *pallakh/, *pallaki\s
Adler number: pi,38
Translated headword: concubine
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[no translation]
Greek Original:
*pallakh/, *pallaki\s de/.
Note:
This entry gives two unglossed headwords, pallakh/ and pallaki/s, which are equally common variants for a concubine, i.e. 'a woman living with a man in a long-term relationship in a sense quite similar to marriage, but inferior and less formal' (K. Kapparis, Apollodorus 'Against Neaira' (Berlin & New York 1999) 8-13, at 13).
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 16 February 2000@17:43:01.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, added note) on 2 October 2002@01:11:00.
David Whitehead (augmented note; cosmetics) on 2 October 2002@04:54:15.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, keyword) on 9 August 2010@00:49:00.
David Whitehead (tweak) on 26 August 2011@05:08:52.

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