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Headword: Chamaitupeion
Adler number: chi,73
Translated headword: floor-bangery
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

Brothel. And Χαμαιτύπη, Floor-banger, the whore.[1]
[So called] from the act of mounting her as she lies on the floor.

Greek Original:

Chamaitupeion: porneion. kai Chamaitupê, hê pornê. apo tou chamai keimenên ocheuesthai.

Notes:

On the typ- part of the compound see J.Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 172 #314.
[1] Already under epsilon 2807. Cf. also chi 74.

Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; women
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 April 2003@08:55:14.
Vetted by:

Elizabeth Vandiver (Cosmetics; corrected typo; raised status) on 28 August 2003@17:14:24.

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