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Title: ἀνδροκάπραινα → prostitute, lewd woman, wanton woman, slut
Post by: spiros on 09 May, 2021, 14:20:36
ἀνδροκάρπαινα → prostitute;

According to Dizionario di scurrilità ed insulti in greco antico - Αρχαιοελληνικό ιταλικό λεξικό βωμολοχιών (https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=992980.0), but the word has no hits.
Title: ἀνδροκάπραινα → prostitute, lewd woman, wanton
Post by: billberg23 on 09 May, 2021, 18:54:54
Misspelled.  ἀνδροκάπραινα, ἡ,
A. lewd woman, wanton, Pherecrates [5th cent. BCE Athenian comic playwright] 17D (LSJ). Literally, "human wild sow" or "wild sow on men."
Title: ἀνδροκάπραινα → prostitute, lewd woman, wanton
Post by: spiros on 09 May, 2021, 19:02:28
Thanks, master! Prostitute it is then according to DGE ἀνδροκάπραινα - Ancient Greek (LSJ) (https://lsj.gr/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1)