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χοῖρος

choiros

pudenda muliebria

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1. χοῖρος · choiros — Beekes

χοῖρος [m., f.] (young) pig, piglet’ ( 73), metaph. ‘pudenda muliebria’ (com.); name of a Nile-fish (Str., Ath., Gp.), on the naming motive Stromberg 1943: 101; or is it a folk-etymology from Nubian (Thompson 1947 s.v.)? *COMP Often as a first member, e.g. χοιρο-πώλᾶς (Dor.) [m.] ‘pig-seller’ (Ar.); also as a second member, e.g. καλλί-χοιρος ‘with fair piglets’ (Arist.), ἀγριό-χοιρος [m.] ‘wild boar’ (sch. Ar. … — [Beekes, s.v. χοῖρος, p. 1691]

2. χοῖρος · choiros — Chantraine

χοῖρος : m., f. «porcelet» (Od., Alc., Hdt., etc.), bête toute jeune (voir sous δέλφαξ) offerte en sacrifice (att.), voir Benveniste, Inslilulions indo-européennes 1,82 ; «porc » en général (Cratin., Plu.); c’est un terme usuel pour désigner le porc domestique, remplaçant ὕς dès le NT (voir sous ce mot} ; à l'inverse de δέλφαξ, sert peu au féminin (Hippon. 102 Masson, 85. fr. 280, Ar. Ach. 764) : sur ce … — [Chantraine, s.v. χοῖρος, p. 1286]

3. χοῖρος · choiros — Frisk

χοῖρος m. f. “(junges) Schwein, Ferkel’ (seit & 79), übertr. “‘pudenda muliebria’ (Kom.; vgl. Andr6 Latomus 15, 299ff.), N. eines Nilfisches (Str., Ath., Gp.), zum Benennungsmotiv Strömberg 101; oder volksetymologisch aus dem Nubischen (Thompson s.v.)? Oft als Vorderglied, z.B. χοιρο-πώλᾶς (dor.) m. ‘Schweinehändler’ (Ar.); auch als Hinterglied, z.B. καλλέχοιρος “mit schönen Ferkeln’ (Arist.), ἀγριό-χοιρος m. “Wild- … — [Frisk, s.v. χοῖρος, p. 2079]

4. χοῖρος · choiros — LSJ

young pig, porker

young pig, porker (younger than δέλφαξ, Ar.Byz. ap. Ath 9.375. Cratin. 3a), Od. 14.73, Alc. Supp. 24.2, Hdt. 2.48, A. Fr. 309, Ar. Ach. 781, etc.; offered as one of the smaller sacrifices, Pl. R. 378a, X. An. 7.8.5, D. 54.39, Henioch. 2.

b swine

generally, = ὗς, σῦς, swine, ἤδη δέλφακες, χοῖροι δὲ τοῖσιν ἄλλοις Cratin. l.c., cf. Mnesim. 4.47 (anap.), Plu. Cic. 7, Ev.Matt. 8.30.

2 pudenda muliebria

pudenda muliebria, freq. in Com. poets, who are always punning on the word and its compds., Ar. Ach. 773 sq., etc.; said to be a Corinthian usage, Suid.

II

a fish of the Nile, Str. 17.2.4, Ath. 7.312a, Gp. 20.7.1, 13 tit. (Perh. for ĝhoryo- ‘grey’, cf. Norse griss ‘sucking-pig’, OHG. grīs ‘grey’, or cf. Alb. der̄ ‘pig’.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. χοῖρος (scan pp. 1691-1692; entry #6588).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χοῖρος (scan pp. 1286-1287; entry #8774). Root candidates: *ghoir-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χοῖρος (scan pp. 2079-2080; entry #6123). Root candidates: *xop-.

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