Re: ARSENOKOITHS/ARRENOKOITHS

From: Stephen C. Carlson (scarlson@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 08:19:24 EST


At 02:45 AM 3/7/00 -0800, you wrote:
>So, you are saying that it is ARSEN (man) KOITHS
>(sleeper), man-sleeper? That is more clear.

"Male-bedder," as in one who beds males, would be more like
it. I wrote an essay on this word many years back, posted
to b-greek. It is now found at:

        http://www.mindspring.com/~scarlson/greek/boswell.html

Stephen Carlson

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