Κασώριον

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Κασώριον, τὸ πορνεῖον. Ἀριστοφάνης “ἐν κασωρίοισι λείχων”. ὁ οἰκήτωρ κασωρίτης, καὶ θηλυκῶς κασωρῖτις καὶ κασωρίς.

Kasorion: a brothel. Aristophanes: 'licking in the kasorion...'. An inhabitant is a 'kasorites'; and in the feminine 'kasoritis' or 'kasoris'.

Text Details

Entry#123
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 366.24 · Billerbeck Κ123
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count15

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes)Eq. · (Eq. 1285)
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚασώριονKasorion (the brothel) · place
κασωρίτηςKasorite (male inhabitant of Kasorion) · person
κασωρίτιςKasorite (female inhabitant of Kasorion) · person
κασωρίςKasoris (female inhabitant, alternate form) · person
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Unclear Metalinguistic'the brothel' — the name is glossed as meaning a brothel
Morphological Composition'the inhabitant (male) κασωρίτης, and female κασωρίτις and κασωρίς' — formation of demonyms from the place-name (derivative suffixes)

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC