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Headword: Aidoion
Adler number: alphaiota,88
Translated headword: pudendum, shameful thing
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the membrum.[1]
[That] which is also called 'necessary' by some; since it is a symbol of necessity. He who has large pudenda used to be called a)ndrosa/qwn ["manroot"].[2]
Greek Original:
Aidoion: to morion. ho kai anankaion pros tinôn kaleitai: epei tês anankês esti sumbolaion. hoti ho megala echôn aidoia androsathôn elegeto.
Notes:
[1] cf. alphaiota 85.
[2] An epithet of Priapos (pi 2275, pi 2276, pi 2277). This supplementary material comes from alpha 1827 and alpha 2189.
Keywords: definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; imagery; medicine; religion
Translated by: William Hutton on 22 May 2003@10:32:55.
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