Κασώριον

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κασώριον OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
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Entry #123
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 366.24 | Billerbeck: Κ123
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count: 15
Sources: Ἀριστοφάνης (Aristophanes) (Eq. 1285) [Eq.]
Entities: Κασώριον (Kasorion (the brothel)) [place], κασωρίτης (Kasorite (male inhabitant of Kasorion)) [person], κασωρίτις (Kasorite (female inhabitant of Kasorion)) [person], κασωρίς (Kasoris (female inhabitant, alternate form)) [person]
Etymologies: 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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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'.

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