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κοχώνη

κοχώνη, the posteriors

κοχώνη, ἡ,
  • perineum, Hp. Epid. 5.7: in pl., Id. Mul. 2.131, Eup. 77, Ar. Fr. 482, etc.; ἕαται ὅκως νεοσσοὶ τὰς κοχώνας θάλποντες Herod. 7. 48: dual, τὼ κοχώνᾱ Ar. Eq. 424, 484. (Variously expld. by Gramm. ap. Erot. Fr. 17; = γλουτοί, acc. to Poll. 2.183.) (Cf. Skt. jaghánam ‘buttock’, ‘pudendum’.)

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