λαίσιτος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editAccording to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek of λάσται (lástai, “whores”) and λάσταυρος (lástauros, “catamite”).
Pronunciation
edit- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.si.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.si.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈle.si.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.si.tos/
Noun
editλαίσιτος • (laísitos)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: κίναιδος (kínaidos, “cinaedus”), πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”).
Further reading
edit- “λαίσιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάσται”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 836
- Hesychius' Lexicon: λ