The corpus record

καταπορν-εύω

kataporneuo

prostitute

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Where it lives

Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

καταπορν-εύω · kataporn-euō — LSJ

prostitute

prostitute, τὰ θήλεα τέκνα Hdt. 1.94, 196:—Pass., Str. 11.14.16.

II violate, treat as prostitutes

violate, treat as prostitutes, Plu. Praec. 2.821d, Ael. VH 9.8:—Pass., prob. in POxy. 1241 iii 11.

III squander on courtesans

squander on courtesans, D.C. 45.28.

In the wild

καταπορνεύει · kataporneuei Herodotus, Histories 1.196.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1403)
καταπορνεύουσι · kataporneuousi Herodotus, Histories 1.94.1 (DIORISIS sentence 687)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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