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and be Chalkidian. In reference to those who are being stingy.[1] Also to phikidize, in reference to pederasty;[2] since among them[3] sexual acts between males were customary. But some [use it] to describe rhotacism, since both they and the Eretrians seem to use "r" quite immoderately, employing it even in place of the "s".[4]

Χαλκιδίζειν καὶ Χαλκιδεύεσθαι: ἐπὶ τῶν γλισχρευομένων. καὶ φικιδίζειν, ἐπὶ τοῦ παιδεραστεῖν: ἐπεὶ παρ' αὐτοῖς οἱ ἀρρένων ἔρωτες ἤσκηντο. ἄλλοι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ ῥωτακίζειν: ἐπεὶ αὐτοί τε καὶ Ἐρετριεῖς δοκοῦσι τῷ ρ κατακορεστέρως χρῆσθαι καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ σ1 τιθέντες.

[1] Cf. Diogenianus 3.93, etc. Chalkis [Myth, Place] was one of the two main cities on the island of Euboia in the Archaic and Classical periods (Eretria being the other). The headwords are both present-tense verbs formed from the names of the inhabitants.
[2] The word used for "engage in pederasty", φικιδίζειν (or in one manuscript φακιδίζειν ) occurs only in Suda; see also phi 292, phi 293.
[3] i.e. the Chalkidians. (But if this explanation is etymological, it is obscure.)
[4] For rhotacism see generally rho 269. Buck (143) identifies intervocalic rhotacism (/s/ > /r/) as a feature seen in Eretrian dialect, but not in Chalkidian or Ionic in general.

David Whitehead (cosmetics; raised status) on 26 October 2000@03:37:54.
David Whitehead (modified translation; modified and augmented notes; added keywords) on 20 December 2002@06:22:59.
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