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Translation Assistance => Other language pairs => Ancient Greek→English translation forum => Topic started by: spiros on 09 May, 2021, 14:20:36
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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.
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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."
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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)