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Headword: Balantiotomos
Adler number: beta,68
Translated headword: Cut-purse, Purse-cutter
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

Thief.
Also balantiotomoi ["purse-cutters"]. "When they spent a lot of money they were considered adulterers, catamites, burglers, purse-cutters, kidnappers and such-like sorts."[1]
Purse-cutters [are] those who steal purses [balantia].[2]

Greek Original:

Balantiotomos: kleptês. kai Balantiotomoi. chrêmatôn te megalôn eônêmenoi êgonto moichoi, pornoi, toichôruchoi, balantiotomoi, andrapodistai kai ta toiauta ethnê. Balantiotomoi de hoi ta balantia kleptontes.

Notes:

See also beta 67.
[1] Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.22; cf. epsilon 327.
[2] Cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 772, where this word appears.

Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; gender and sexuality; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 14 April 2002@11:21:13.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 April 2002@03:28:20.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 1 September 2002@09:13:12.

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