μαχλοσύνη
Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A lewdness, lust, of Paris, Il.24.30 (rejected by Aristarch. as a word peculiar to women, but used of Paris as effeminate), cf. Hes.Fr.28, Hdt.4.154, Adam.1.10, AP5.301.10 (Agath.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μαχλοσύνη: αἰσχρότης, ἀκολασία, ἀσέλγεια, λαγνεία ἐπὶ τοῦ Πάριδος, Ἰλ. Ω. 30 (ἔνθα ἀπορρίπτεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀριστάρχου ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ ὅτι ἡ λέξ. αὕτη ἀποδίδοται μόνον εἰς τὰς γυναῖκας, ἴδε μάχλος), πρβλ. Ἡσ. Ἀποσπ. 5, Ἡρόδ. 4. 154· - ἀλλ’ ὅμως ὁ Ὅμηρ. ὁμιλεῖ περὶ τοῦ Πάριδος, ὡς θηλυπρεποῦς ἀνδρός.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
lubricité, impudicité.
Étymologie: μάχλος.
English (Autenrieth)
(μάχλος): lust, indulgence, Il. 24.30†.
