κάπραινα

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οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions

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Transliteration A: kápraina Transliteration B: kapraina Transliteration C: kapraina Beta Code: ka/praina

English (LSJ)

ἡ, fem. of κάπρος, A wild sow: metaph., lewd woman, Phryn.Com.33, Hermipp. 10: dub. sens. in Lyr. in Philol. 80.334.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1324] ἡ (eigtl. fem. zu κάπρος, die wilde Sau), übertr., Phryn. com. bei Poll. 7, 202, ein geiles Weib; VLL. καταφερὴς πρὸς τὰ ἀφροδίσια.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κάπραινα: ἡ, θηλ. τοῦ κάπρος, ἀγρία ὗς· μεταφ. ἀκόλαστος, αἰσχρὰ γυνή, Φρύν. Κωμ. ἐν «Μούσαις» 3· ὦ σαπρὰ καὶ πασιπόρνη καὶ κάπραινα Ἕρμιππ. ἐν «Ἀρτοπώλεσι» 2.

Greek Monolingual

η (Α κάπραινα)
(θηλ. του κάπρος) άγρια γουρούνα
αρχ.
(για γυναίκα) ακόλαστη, ασελγής.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κάπρος + -αινα (πρβλ. λέ-αινα, λύκ-αινα)].