the act of coition, semen
the act of coition, Hp. Nat.Puer. 20, Arist. HA 575a21; semen, Hp. Nat.Puer. 21, cf. Gal. 19.117.
II salaciousness
salaciousness, X. Mem. 1.6.8, AP 10.45.8 (Pall.): pl., Ti.Locr. 103a.
The corpus record
λαγν-εία
lagneia · ἡ
the act of coition
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Where it lives
- Memorabilia 5 · 1.4/10k
- Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
- Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- λαγνεία · lagneia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
- λαγνειῶν · lagneiōn Xenophon, Economics 1.22 (DIORISIS sentence 66)
- λαγνείᾳ · lagneiai Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.6.8 (DIORISIS sentence 374)
- λαγνείαν · lagneian Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.16 (DIORISIS sentence 486)
- λαγνείας · lagneias Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 416)
- λαγνείας · lagneias Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 440)
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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.