paramour
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. μοῖχος, ὁ, V. κοινόλεκτρος, ὁ, ἀνὴρ ἔπακτος, ἀνὴρ θυραῖος.
a wife is wont to imitate her lord and take a paramour: V. μιμεῖσθαι θέλει γυνὴ τὸν ἄνδρα, χἄτερον κτᾶσθαι φίλον (Euripides, Electra 1037).
