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Headword: *texnhto\n gu/naion dusgene/s
Adler number: tau,444
Translated headword: an artificial woman of bad breed.
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[no gloss]
Greek Original:
*texnhto\n gu/naion dusgene/s.
Notes:
(Mis)quoted from Theophylact Simocatta, Letters 43, which refers to a eunuch: to\ texnhto\n gu/naion, to\ digene\s h(mia/ndrion ("the artificial woman, the double-sexed half-man").
For Simocatta, who is frequently quoted in the Suda, see also theta 201 and sigma 435.
For eunuchs, see also alpha 3822 and epsilon 3604.
Keywords: dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality; rhetoric; women
Translated by: Ioannis Doukas on 18 August 2007@09:35:50.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified keywords; cosmetics) on 19 August 2007@07:23:38.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 14 August 2011@05:23:19.
David Whitehead on 28 May 2016@03:50:53.
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