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#147765 - 09/11/05 10:50 AM dyspareunia
zmjezhd Offline
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Dyspareunia :- painful intercourse. From Gk δυσπαρευνος (duspareunos) 'ill-mated' from δυσ- (dus-) 'bad' + παρευνος (pareunos) 'lying beside or with a bedfellow' from ευνη (eune) 'couch; marriage bed'. The most common English word we get from ευνη (eune) is eunuch from ευνουχος (eunoukhos) from ευνη (eune) + οχος (okhos) 'keeping' from εχω (ekho) 'to have, hold; keep'. Cf. Gk χαμευνος (khameunos) 'lying on the ground', ομευνος (homeunos) 'sleeping together', φιλευνος (phileunos) 'fond of the marriage bed', δισευνος (diseunos) 'with two wives'. The other Gk word for bed, λεχος (lekhos) is more properly the bedstead'.

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#147766 - 09/11/05 02:24 PM Re: dyspareunia
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Dyspeptic?
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#147767 - 09/11/05 02:32 PM Re: on not sleeping on a full stomach
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Dyspeptic?

From Gk δυσ- (dus-) 'bad' + πεπσις (pepsis) 'softening, ripening; digestion'. Cf. Gk δυσπεπτος (duspeptos) 'hard to digest' and also cook.
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#174498 - 03/11/08 03:53 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: zmjezhd]
JDJ Offline
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In Medical School, we had an irreverent saying that dyspareunia was better than no pareunia; medical students being who they are.

Dave
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#174884 - 03/20/08 03:06 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: JDJ]
Zed Offline
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or what they are ;\)
Welcome Dave
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#176946 - 05/15/08 01:08 PM Re: dyspareunia [Re: Zed]
Jose Gros Offline
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Hi!: I once heard about a Catalonian Psychiatrist that used to advise some of his patients masturbation as part of the therapy process, calling this obviously unadvisable practice "autoquiroerastia". As someone of you seem having an above the average command of classical Greek, can you explain in full the etymology of this invention? Thanks and regards
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#176954 - 05/16/08 10:00 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: Jose Gros]
of troy Offline
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re: calling this obviously unadvisable practice

why? there is now evidence (scant, but...) that masturbation is healthy for men (the jury is still out on woman)

(and now i am thinking about the root meaning of masturbation..Urba(urban?) something city folk do? (no access to sheep?)
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#176955 - 05/16/08 10:24 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: Jose Gros]
zmjezhd Offline
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"autoquiroerastia"

well, qu is not something you find in Greek words. It doesn't bring to mind anything in Latin. (Perhaps it's related to the Catalan cognate of Spanish querer 'to want, desire' which is from Latin quaro, quaerare, 'to look for, search' whence English question.) The form auto is from Greek for 'he; self', and erastia, no doubt has something to do with 'love' in the sexual sense. (Cf. εραστης erastēs 'lover' and ερωμενος erōmenos 'beloved' are the two sides of a Greek homosexual relationship.)

The etymology of Latin masturbor is not agreed upon, but I've never seen one linking it to urbs 'city'. The ma part is usually related to manus 'hand' and the sturb to sturpum 'immorality; disgrace; rape' or an s-form of turbo 'to whirl, twirl'.
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#176983 - 05/18/08 05:31 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: of troy]
Jose Gros Offline
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The poor Onan was given death penalty for a continued related practice....
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#176984 - 05/18/08 05:32 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: zmjezhd]
Jose Gros Offline
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May be quiro stands for the right hand?
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