Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λακαταπύγων

; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λακαταπύγων λακαταπύγον

Etym.: = katapu/gwn with prefix la-

Sense

  1. very lascivious

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸ δίκαιον ξύμμαχον ἔσται, κοὐ μή ποθ’ ἁλῶ περὶ τὴν πόλιν ὢν ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοσ δειλὸσ καὶ λακαταπύγων. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, pnigos2)

Synonyms

  1. very lascivious

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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