tiresiare

tiresiare [CL Tiresias+-are], a (intr.) to be like Tiresias (in quot. w. ref. to change of sex). b (trans.) to make like Tiresias (in quot. w. ref. to queening in chess). a [Sardanapalus] sub habitu muliebri feminam mentiens ‥ ~iare desideravit: mas erat beneficio nature, sed in feminam optavit turpiter degenerare Neckam NR I 20. b cum ‥ ultimam tenet lineam, [pedes] regine dignitatem adipiscitur, sed sexus privilegio destitui videtur: ~iatur ‥ novoque fruitur incessu Neckam NR II 184.

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