ARSENOKOITHS/ARRENOKOITHS

Daniel Riaño danielrr at retemail.es
Wed Mar 8 05:17:31 EST 2000


	To sum up (an to clarify): ARSEN- preserves the original 
*-RS-, ARREN- is the attic form. Most derivates of A)/RSHN are late 
(like this one). Names of actors in -THS are masculine (there is a 
little group of feminine nouns in -TH but those are nomina actionis). 
The first instances of this word are 1Ep.Cor.6.9 and 1Tim 1.9 (AP 
9.686 has been mentioned, but this epigram belongs to the IX Century 
p.C.n). Outside the testimonies of the TLG D, DGE mentions Bardesanes 
3.25 (II -III p.C.n.). All the testimonies appear to belong to 
Christian literature, and its use is always derogatory. The alleged 
testimony of Orac.Syb.2.73 is to the verb A)RSENOKOITE/W, not to the 
noun. DGE translates "sodomita, homosexual". In addition to Stephen 
Carlson's on-line article "Boswell's Analysis of Arsenokoiths" 
http://www.mindspring.com/~scarlson/greek/boswell.html RBLG mentions 
the following articles re: ARSENOKOITHS (non vidi):

Wright, D.F. "Homosexuals or prostitutes? The meaning of 
a)rsenokoitai= (1Cor.6:9, 1Tim 1:10)." VChr. 38 (1984): 125-153. 
(mentioned in Carlson's article)
Petersen, W.L. "Can a)rsenokoitai= be translated by 'homosexuals' 
(1Cor.6:9, 1Tim 1:10)." VChr. 40 (1986): 187-181.

	I don't have access now to the following article, also 
mentioned in RBLG s.v. A)RSENOKOITE/W:

Panayiotou, G. "Addenda to the LSJ Greek-English Lexicon: 
lexicographical notes on the vocabulary of the Oracula Sybillina." 
Hellenica 38, no. 1 (1987): 46-66.

Best regards,

Daniel (waiting for the TLG E to arrive...)
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Daniel Riaño Rufilanchas
Madrid, España

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