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ὄλισβος

olisbos

penis coriaceus

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What it meant

1. ὄλισβος · olisbos — Beekes

ὄλισβος [π|.} ‘penis coriaceus’, = ‘of leather’ (com., Herod.), *ETYM Obscene word with a suffix -β-. Chantraine (DELG) and others suggested that it was transformed from ὄλισθος after other familiar and vulgar words. However, as the suffix shows, the word is rather Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. ὄλισβος, p. 1119]

2. ὄλισβος · olisbos — Chantraine

ὄλισβος : m. penis coriaceus (Ar. Lys. 109, Gratin.) mot vulgaire affecté du suffixe -Boc, cf. Chantraine, Formation 362 et par ex. σάραδος, sur le radical de ὀλισθεῖν, ὄλισθος, etc. (?). Tibiletti, Athenaeum 47, 1969, 303, suppose un emprunt au sud-ouest de l’Asie Mineure et évoque la glose d'Hsch. ἀλίσδη ᾿ ἀπάτη. — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄλισβος, p. 809]

3. ὄλισβος · olisbos — LSJ

penis coriaceus

penis coriaceus, Cratin. 316, Ar. Lys. 109, Fr. 320.13.

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