paramour

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).