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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to sell”), which also gave the verb πέρνημι (pérnēmi, “to sell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pór.nɛː/ → /ˈpor.ni/ → /ˈpor.ni/
Noun
πόρνη • (pórnē) f (genitive πόρνης, diminutive πορνίδιον); first declension
- female prostitute, particularly a common whore
Usage notes
In ancient Greece and Rome, the unrefined πόρνη was distinguished from the upper-class ἑταίρα ("companion" or "courtesan") who was expected to be further skilled in conversation, music, philosophy, etc.
Inflection
Derived terms
- ἱππόπορνος (hippópornos, “excessive prostitute”)
- πασιπόρνη (pasipórnē, “common prostitute”)
- πορνεία (porneía, “prostitution”)
- πορνεῖον (porneîon, “brothel”)
- πορνεύω (porneúō, “to prostitute oneself”)
- πορνικός (pornikós, “related to prostitutes”)
- πορνοβοσκός (pornoboskós, “brothel-keeper”)
- πορνογέννητος (pornogénnētos, “born of a prostitute”)
- πορνογράφος (pornográphos, “author writing about prostitutes”)
- πορνοδιδάσκαλος (pornodidáskalos, “teacher of fornication”)
- πορνοκόπος (pornokópos, “customer of prostitutes”)
- πορνομανής (pornomanḗs, “mad for prostitutes”)
- πορνοσύνη (pornosúnē, “prostitution”)
- πορνότριψ (pornótrips, “customer of prostitutes”)
- πορνοφίλης (pornophílēs, “lover of prostitutes”)
- πόρνος (pórnos, “male prostitute”)
Descendants
- Greek: πόρνη f (pórni, “prostitute”)
- ⇒ Old Armenian: պոռնիկ (poṙnik)
Further reading
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoɾ.ni/
- Hyphenation: πόρ‧νη
Noun
πόρνη • (pórni) f
- harlot; prostitute; whore
- a term of abuse
Declension
Synonyms
- πορνίδιο (pornídio)
- πορνεία f (porneía, “prostitution”)
- πορνείο (porneío, “brothel”)
- πορνεύω (pornévo, “to fornicate”)
- πορνικός (pornikós)
- πορνοβοσκός m (pornovoskós, “pimp”)
- πορνογράφημα (pornográfima)
- πορνογράφος (pornográfos, “pornographer”)
- πορνογραφία (pornografía, “pornography”)
- πορνογραφικά (pornografiká, “pornographically”)
- πορνογραφικός (pornografikós, “pornographic”)
- πορνογραφώ (pornografó, “to make pornography”)
- πορνοπεριοδικό n (pornoperiodikó, “porn magazine”)
- πορνοστάρ n (pornostár, “porn star”)
- πορνοταινία f (pornotainía, “porn film”)
- πορνό n (pornó, “porn”)
- πορνόγερος m (pornógeros, “dirty old man”)
- πόρνος m (pórnos, “lecherous man, fornicator”)
See also
Further reading