προμνήστρια

English (LSJ)

ἡ, promnestria, woman who woos for another or woman who courts for another, matchmaker, Ar.Nu.41, Pl.Tht.149d, Luc.DDeor.20.16: metaph., ἡ κακῶν προμνήστρια = one who brings about evil E.Hipp.589; προμνηστρίας is prob. for προμνηστρίδας in X.Mem.2.6.36.

German (Pape)

[Seite 735] ἡ, = Folgdm, Ar. Nubb. 41; übtr., τὴν κακῶν προμνήστριαν, Eur. Hipp. 589; Plat. Theaet. 149 d u. Sp., wie Luc. D. D. 20, 10.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
entremetteuse, marieuse.
Étymologie: προμνάομαι.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

προμνήστρια -ας, ἡ [προμνήστωρ] koppelaarster.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

προμνήστρια: ἡ сваха Eur., Arph., Plat., Luc.

Greek Monolingual

ἡ, Α
1. η προξενήτρα
2. αυτή που προξενεί κάτι, ιδίως κακό («ἡ κακῶν προμνήστρια», Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προμνῶμαι + επίθημα -τρια (πρβλ. υπομνήστρια)].

Greek Monotonic

προμνήστρια: ἡ (προμνάομαι), γυναίκα που ζητά σε γάμο ή φλερτάρει στο όνομα κάποιου άλλου, προξενήτρα, σε Αριστοφ., Πλάτ.· μεταφ., κακῶν προμνήστρια, αυτή που επιφέρει συμφορές, σε Ευρ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

προμνήστρια: ἡ, «προξενήτρια, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 41, Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 149D, Λουκ. Θεῶν Διάλ. 20. 16· μεταφορ., ἡ κακῶν πρ. Εὐρ. Ἱππ. 589· οὕτως ἐν Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 2. 6, 36, ὁ Valck. διορθοῖ προμνηστρίας ἀντὶ -ίδας. ― Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: προμνήστρια· ἡ συνιστῶσα ἀλλήλοις τοὺς γαμοῦντας. (προξενοῦσα νυμφίους ἢ νύμφας)». ― Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 195.

Middle Liddell

προμνήστρια, ἡ, προμνάομαι
a woman who woos or courts for another, a match-maker, Ar., Plat.; metaph., κακῶν προμνήστρια = of one who brings about evil, Eur.

Wikipedia EN

Match-making among the ancients remained outside the dominion of political and legal regulation. This was entirely left to the care and forethought of parents, or women who made a profession of it, and who were therefore called promnestriai or promnestrides. The profession, however, does not seem to have been thought very honourable or to have been held in repute, as being too nearly connected with that of a pander (προαγωγός, proagogos) [1].

Translations

matchmaker

Arabic: خَاطِب‎, خَاطِبَة‎; Belarusian: сват, свацця; Bulgarian: сватовник, сватовница; Chinese Mandarin: 媒人, 媒妁, 媒婆, 伐柯人; Czech: dohazovač, dohazovačka; Danish: ægteskabsformidler, giftekniv, Kirsten Giftekniv; Dutch: koppelaar, koppelaarster; Estonian: kosjasobitaja; Faroese: hjúnabandsmeklari; Finnish: puhemies, avioliittovälittäjä; French: entremetteur, entremetteuse, marieur, marieuse, apparieur, apparieuse; Gallo: bassadou; Georgian: მაჭანკალი; German: Kuppler, Kupplerin, Ehestifter, Ehestifterin, Heiratsvermittler, Heiratsvermittlerin, Schadchen; Greek: προξενητής, προξενήτρα; Ancient Greek: ἐκγαμιστής, νυμφαγωγός, νυμφεύτρια, ξυναγωγεύς, ὁ τοῦ γάμου συναγωγεύς, προμνήστρια, προμνηστρίς, προμνήστωρ, προξενήτρια, συναγωγεύς; Hebrew: שַׁדְכָן‎; Icelandic: hjónabandsmiðlari; Japanese: 仲人, 媒酌人, 月下氷人; Kazakh: айттырушы; Khmer: មេអណ្ដើក; Korean: 중매인, 뚜쟁이; Kyrgyz: жуучу; Ladino: kazamentera; Latin: conciliatrix; Lithuanian: piršlys, piršlė; Macedonian: сводник; Norwegian Bokmål: ekteskapsformidler, giftekniv; Nynorsk: ekteskapsformidlar, giftekniv; Polish: swat, swatka; Portuguese: casamenteiro; Russian: сват, сваха, сватья; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: сну̀бок; Roman: snùbok; Slovak: dohadzovač, dohadzovačka; Spanish: casamentero, casamentera, alcahuete, alcahueta, celestina; Swedish: äktenskapsmäklare; Thai: แม่สื่อ; Turkish: çöpçatan; Ukrainian: сват, сваха, свашка; Vietnamese: người làm mối, bà mối; Yiddish: שדכן‎, יענטע‎