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Headword:
Ἀνδροσάθων
Adler number: alpha,2189
Translated headword: man-pricked, man-root
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Possessing large genitals.
Greek Original:Ἀνδροσάθων: μεγάλα ἔχων αἰδοῖα.
Notes:
Same entry in
Photius (Lexicon alpha1770) and elsewhere. The headword is reckoned to come from Attic Comedy (Comica adespota fr. 932 Kock).
See again under
alphaiota 88. The word was used especially of
Priapus.
For the σάθη component of the word see generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 109-110 and index s.v.
Keywords: comedy; definition; gender and sexuality; medicine; religion
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 7 June 2000@11:23:12.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword; added note, bibliography, keywords) on 6 March 2001@10:46:01.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 1 March 2012@06:09:45.
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