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Headword:
*)epi/klintron
Adler number: epsilon,2392
Translated headword: elbow-rest, head-rest
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A type of feminine accoutrement. "May you throw away your elbow-rest".
Greek Original:*)epi/klintron: ei)=dos kosmi/ou gunaikei/ou. to/ t' e)pi/klintron a)poba/lois.
Note:
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 907 (Web address 1), with the definition from the
scholia there. Given what the headword actually means (see LSJ Suppl. s.v.), a detachable part of a couch, the description of it as a "feminine accoutrement" seems odd. It finds a modern echo in Ussher's suggestion that in this context the headword uniquely means the female genitals, but Henderson's survey of terms for these (130-148) does not include this one.
References:
Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, edited with introduction and commentary by R.G. Ussher (Oxford 1973, reprinted Bristol & New Rochelle 1986)
J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; gender and sexuality; imagery; medicine; science and technology; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 May 2003@08:34:58.
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