The corpus record — Latin

paedīco

paedīco · v. a

to practise unnatural vice

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What it meant

1. paedīco — Lewis & Short

paedīco (pēdīco, āre, v. a.paidiko/s,

Auct. Priap. 68),

I to practise unnatural vice.

I Lit.: amores, Cat. 21, 4: puerum, Mart. 11, 94, 6.—Of various forms of unnatural lewdness, Mart. 11, 104, 17; id. 7, 67, 1. —

II Transf., of the tunic, Mart. 11, 99, 2.

2. paedīco — Lewis & Short

paedīco, ōnis, m.1. paedico,

I one who practises unnatural vice, Mart. 6, 33, 1; 12, 86, 1.

3. paedicó — Walde–Hofmann

paedicó, -Gre „mit Knaben Unzucht treiben* (seit Pompon., paedicó, -Önis m. „der mit Knaben Unzucht treibt“ seit Priap.): nach Corssen Ausspr. I? 648, Ernout-Meillet? 721 Umformung von gr. madırdc, cà mandınd „Liebling“ nach dem Opp. pud-icus (*paedicus, wovon paedicäre, vgl. depudicäre). Da pédico schlechtere Schreibung ale paädieo ist (ebenso wie p&dor schlechter als paedor), besteht trotz Buecheler Rh.M. 13, 153. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. paedicó, p. 1139]

Where it came from

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