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σκύζ-α

skuza

lust, heat

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What it meant

1. σκύζα · skyza — Beekes

σκύζα [f.] ‘lust, heat’ (Philet. 27 [?; see Powell ad loc.], SEG 4, 47 (Messana IIP[?); personified as a woman). < ἮΝ *DER et ἊΣ éx-) [ν.] ‘to be in heat’, of dogs, horses εἴ al. (Cratin., Arist. et al.) with -ησις [f.] (Ar. Byz.). eETYM Unexplained. The word could be Pre-Greek (note the meaning), from a preform PG *skué"a. — [Beekes, s.v. σκύζα, p. 1411]

2. σκύζα · skyza — Chantraine

σκύζα : f. «rut» (Philet. ap. Hsch.), terme injurieux appliqué à une femme SEG 4,47 Messana, n° 8. après, tablette d’exécration) ; σκυζάω «être en chaleur », dit de chiennes et de juments (Arist. H.A. 572 a et b, précisant — 1023 — que c'est le terme propre pour les chiennes), de femmes dans la comédie (Phryn. et Gratin.}, cf. Taillardat, Images d'Aristophane 8 303 n. 2; avec ἀνα- (Com. Adesp.), ἐκ- (Gratin.} ; d'où … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκύζα, p. 1042]

3. σκύζ-α · skyz-a — LSJ

lust

lust, Philet. ap. Hsch.: as a term of abuse applied to a woman, Supp.Epigr. 4.47 (Messana, Defixio).

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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