προμνήστρια
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
ἡ, A 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.
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
entremetteuse, marieuse.
Étymologie: προμνάομαι.
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, Α
1. η προξενήτρα
2. αυτή που προξενεί κάτι, ιδίως κακό («ἡ κακῶν προμνήστρια», Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προμνῶμαι + επίθημα -τρια (πρβλ. υπομνήσ-τρια)].
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.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
προμνήστρια: ἡ сваха Eur., Arph., Plat., Luc.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
προμνήστρια -ας, ἡ [προμνήστωρ] koppelaarster.
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 panderer (proagogos) [1].
