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Latin > English

scortum scorti N N :: harlot, prostitute; male prostitute; skin, hide

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scortum: i, n. cf. Gr. χόριον,> corium; Lith. skurà, skin.
I Lit., a skin, hide (post-class. and rare): pellem antiqui dicebant scortum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 84 Müll.: jam Omphale in Herculis scorto designata descripsit, Tert. Pall. 4 med.—
II Transf., a harlot, strumpet, prostitute (freq. and class.): scorta appellantur meretrices, quia ut pelliculae subiguntur. Omnia namque ex pellibus facta scortea appellantur, Fest. pp. 330 and 331 Müll.—Sing., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; id. As. 4, 2, 5; 5, 2, 17; 5, 2, 79 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 34; id. Ad. 5, 9, 8; Hor. C. 2, 11, 21; id. Ep. 1, 18, 34; Tib. 4, 10, 4.—Plur., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 91; id. Pers. 3, 3, 14; id. Truc. 1, 1, 43 sq. et saep.; Cic. Mil. 21, 55; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10 al.—Of a male prostitute, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 12; Cic. Sest. 17, 39; id. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Petr. 9, 6; 119, 25; so also, virile, Aur. Vict. Caes. 28.—And with a masc. pron.: scortum exoletum ne quis in proscenio Sedeat, Plaut. Poen. prol. 17 (cf. senium, II. A.).—Also = pellex, a mistress, concubine, Plaut. Cas. Grex, 5 and 7.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

scortum,¹⁰ ī, n.,
1 peau, cuir : Tert. Pall. 4
2 courtisane, prostituée, femme publique : Pl. Amph. 288 ; Cic. Mil. 55, etc. || un prostitué : Cic. Sest. 39 ; Phil. 2, 44.

Latin > German (Georges)

scortum, ī, n., I) in der alten Sprache, das Fell, Varro LL. 7, 84: Herculis, Löwenhaut des Herkules, Tert. de pall. 4. – II) übtr., die Hure, die Dirne, das Schätzchen, Komik., Cic. u.a.: scortum transfugarum unius, Liv.: scorta meritoria, Suet.: sc. vulgare, Cic.: sc. publicum, Tert. apol. 13.

Latin > Chinese

scortum, i. n. :: 草。娼婦。淫孩。— devium 不接衆之娼。

Translations

Afrikaans: prostituut; Albanian: prostitutë, kurvë; Arabic: دَاعِرَة‎, بَغِيَّة‎, عَاهِرَة‎, زَانِيَّة‎, فَاحِشَة‎; Armenian: պոռնիկ, պոռնկուհի, մարմնավաճառ, մարմնավաճառուհի, բոզ; Asturian: prostitutu, prostituta; Azerbaijani: fahişə; Bashkir: фәхишә, уйнашсы; Basque: prostituta; Belarusian: прастытутка, курва; Bengali: বেশ্যা; Breton: gast; Bulgarian: проститутка, курва; Burmese: ပြည့်တန်ဆာ, ဇိမ်မယ်, အပြာမယ်; Catalan: prostitut, prostituta; Chinese Mandarin: 妓女, 妓男, 雞, 鸡, 鴨, 鸭, 雞婆, 鸡婆, 娼妓, 風塵女, 风尘女; Czech: prostitutka, kurva; Danish: prostitueret, ludder, glædespige, trækkerdreng, skøge, sexsælger, sexarbejder; Dutch: prostituee, prostituée, prostitué, hoer; Esperanto: prostituito, prostituitino, ĉiesulo, ĉiesulino, amoristo, amoristino, sinvendisto, sinvendistino; Estonian: prostituut, hoor; Ewe: ahasi, gbolo; Faroese: skøkja; Finnish: prostituoitu; huora, hutsu, ilotyttö; French: prostitué, prostituée, fille des rues, fille de joie; Galician: prostituto, prostituta, puta; Georgian: სექს-მუშაკი, მეძავი, ბოზი, როსკიპი; German: Prostituierter, Prostituierte; Greek: αγοραία γυναίκα, γυναίκα του δρόμου, γυναίκα του πεζοδρομίου, δημόσια, δημόσια γυναίκα, ιέρεια της Αφροδίτης, ιέρεια του έρωτα, ιερόδουλη, καλντεριμιτζού, καλτάκα, κάνει πεζοδρόμιο, κάνει πιάτσα, κοινή, κοινή γυναίκα, κοκότα, κούρβα, πολιτικιά, πόρνη, πουτάνα, σκρόφα, του δρόμου, του πεζοδρομίου, τροτέζα; Ancient Greek: ἄλοχος, ἀνδροκάπραινα, γεφυρίς, γυνὴ ἔνδοξος, δημιουργός, δρομάς, ἐνδιαλλαγμένη, ἐνδιηλλαγμένη, ἐπιμισθίς, ἐργάτις, ἑταίρα, ἑταίρη, ἑτάρη, ἱππόπορνος, κασαλβάς, κασάλβη, κασαύρα, κάσσα, κασσαβάς, κασωρίς, κατακᾶσα, κατάκασσα, κλύσμα, κοινή, κοινόλεκτρος, λαικάς, λαικάστρια, λυπτά, λωγάς, μαχλίς, μισήτη, μυλλάς, παλλακή, πασιπόρνη, πορνεύτρια, πόρνη, πόρνος, πτωχελένη, σαλμακίς, σποδησιλαύρα, στεγῖτις, φορβάς, χαλιμάς, χαλκιδῖτις, χαμαιτύπη, χαμαιτυπίς, χαμεταιρίς, χαμευνάς; Hausa: karuwa; Hebrew: זוֹנָה‎, זוֹנֶה‎; Hindi: वेश्या, गणिका, पतिता; Hungarian: prostituált, prosti, örömlány; Icelandic: vændiskona, skækja, gleðikona, hóra; Ido: prostituco; Indonesian: pekerja seks komersial, PSK, lonte, pelacur; Irish: striapach, meirdreach, bean sráide, bean choiteann, eachlach; Italian: prostituta, squillo, battona, puttana, baldracca, sgualdrina; Japanese: 売春婦, 娼婦, 街娼; Kazakh: жәлеп, жезөкше, ойнасқор, салдақы; Khmer: ស្រីខូច, ពេស្យា; Korean: 매춘부(賣春婦), 창녀, 갈보, 논다니, 가창; Kyrgyz: проститутка, сойку, жалап; Lao: ກາລີ, ເພດສຍາ; Latin: spintria, meretrix, scortum; Latvian: prostitūta; Lithuanian: prostitutė; Luhya: mng'ang'ule, mng'ang'ule; Macedonian: проститутка, курва; Malay: pelacur; Malayalam: വേശ്യ; Maltese: prostituta, prostitut, qaħba, ġerrej; Manx: streebagh, strumpag, oainjyr, ben oainjyragh; Maori: kairau, wahine tīweka, tāne tīweka; Mongolian: янхан эмэгтэй, хөлсний этгээд; Nahuatl: ahuiyani; Norman: prostituée; Norwegian: prostituert; Occitan: prostituta; Old East Slavic: курва; Old English: portcwene, myltestre, hore; Papiamentu: mohé di bida; Pashto: فاحشه‎; Persian: روسپی‎, تن‌فروش‎, فاحشه‎, جنده‎; Plautdietsch: Hua, Zelj; Polish: prostytutka, męska prostytutka, kurwa; Portuguese: prostituta, mulher da vida; Romanian: prostituată, curvă, târfă; Russian: проститутка, шлюха, блядь, курва; Sanskrit: वेश्या, रूपाजीवा; Scottish Gaelic: siùrsach, strìopach; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: проститутка, курва; Roman: pròstitūtka, kȗrva; Slovak: prostitútka, kurva, cundra; Slovene: prostitutka, kurba; Spanish: prostituta; Swahili: malaya, kahaba, changudoa, kiberenge; Swedish: prostituerad, hora; Tajik: фоҳиша; Tatar: фәхишә; Telugu: వేశ్య; Thai: โสเภณี, แพศยา; Tibetan: གཞང་ཚོང་མ; Turkish: orospu, fahişe, hayat kadını, orta malı, paçoz, sürtük, seks işçisi, kevaşe, nataşa; Turkmen: jelep; Ukrainian: проститутка, пові́я, шлюха, курва; Urdu: ویشیا‎, فاحشہ‎; Uyghur: پاھىشە‎, جالاپ‎; Uzbek: fohisha, buzuq; Vietnamese: đĩ, điếm, gái mại dâm; Volapük: prostitan, hiprostitan, jiprostitan, nepuedan, hinepuedan, jinepuedan; Welsh: putain; Yiddish: זונה‎, הור