κάπραινα

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σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ → God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva, fortune favors the prepared mind, fortune favours the prepared mind, chance favors the prepared mind, chance favours the prepared mind

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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)].