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καταπῡγ-ων

katapugon · ὁ

male passive homosexual

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What it meant

καταπῡγ-ων · katapyg-ōn — LSJ

male passive homosexual

male passive homosexual, sts. loosely as a term of abuse [Supp.], Id. Ach. 79, al., Luc. Tim. 22, Alciphr. 3.45, etc.; ὦ κατάπυγον Ar. Th. 200.--The oblique cases are sts. wrongly written -πύγωνος, cf. Hdn. Gr. 2.725: irreg. Comp. -πυγωνέστερος (metri gr.) Ar. Lys. 776.

II the middle finger

in Att., the middle finger (used in an obscene gesture), Poll. 2.184.

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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