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σκᾰλᾰθύρω

skalathuro

licentious, stirring, poking

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What it meant

1. σκαλαθύρω · skalathyrō — Beekes

σκαλαθύρω [v.] Cf. σκαλαθύρων: ἀκολασταίνων, ὁ σκαλεύων ‘licentious, stirring, poking’ (H.). 4GR> *DER σκαλαθυρμάτια [n.pl.] ‘petty quibbles’ (Ar. Nu. 630). *ETYM The verb is used as a euphemism for ‘to copulate’ in Ar. Ec. 611, and is possibly built on a combination of σκάλλω, σκαλεύω ‘to stir, hoe, poke’ and ἀθύρω ‘to play’ (cf. Schwyzer: 645 on the type of compound). See » σκάλλω. 1340 σκαλαπάζει — [Beekes, s.v. σκαλαθύρω, p. 1390]

2. σκᾰλᾰθύρω · skalathyrō — LSJ

dig

dig, Hsch.: sens. obsc., Ar. Ec. 611.

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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