ARSENOKOITHS/ARRENOKOITHS

Stephen C. Carlson scarlson at mindspring.com
Tue Mar 7 22:31:29 EST 2000


At 07:49 AM 3/7/00 -0600, Steven Craig Miller wrote:
>SCC: << "Male-bedder," as in one who beds males, would be more like it. >>
>
>Here is my question, which I've wondered about. Is it theoretically 
>possible that the form (or the ending of)  ARSENOKOITAI could be feminine? 
>If so, could you cite some similar examples?

My Greek's not good enough to opine on what is "theoretically possible"
without an attested example, but Smyth § 839 a. states that the suffix
TA: (nom. -THS) is masculine.  If there was a feminine form, I guess it
would be something like ARSENOKOITRIA.  Compare POIHTHS with POIHTRIA
and MAQHTHS with MAQHTRIS or MAQHTRIA.

Stephen Carlson
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