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Headword: *sa/kandros
Adler number: sigma,32
Translated headword: cunt, sakandros
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The female sex-organ.
Greek Original:
*sa/kandros: to\ gunaikei=on ai)doi=on.
Note:
The headword occurs only at Aristophanes, Lysistrata 824. Its implications seem to be hairiness and/or age. See J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) p.133 #116, briefly recapitulated in his commentary on the play (Oxford 1987) ad loc. (p.173). See also upsilon 672.
Keywords: comedy; definition; gender and sexuality; medicine; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 September 2002@03:18:22.
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Catharine Roth on 20 September 2002@18:44:21.
David Whitehead (x-ref; cosmetics) on 30 July 2004@07:49:42.
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