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Page 1 of 1 1 Topic Options #147765 - 09/11/05 10:50 AM dyspareunia zmjezhd zmjezhd veteran Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1525 Loc: R'lyeh 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'. [Fixed typo.] Top #147766 - 09/11/05 02:24 PM Re: dyspareunia inselpeter inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2370 Loc: New York City Dyspeptic? Top #147767 - 09/11/05 02:32 PM Re: on not sleeping on a full stomach zmjezhd zmjezhd veteran Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1525 Loc: R'lyeh Dyspeptic? From Gk δυσ- (dus-) 'bad' + πεπσις (pepsis) 'softening, ripening; digestion'. Cf. Gk δυσπεπτος (duspeptos) 'hard to digest' and also cook. Top #174498 - 03/11/08 03:53 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: zmjezhd] JDJ JDJ stranger Registered: 03/11/08 Posts: 1 In Medical School, we had an irreverent saying that dyspareunia was better than no pareunia; medical students being who they are. Dave Top #174884 - 03/20/08 03:06 AM Re: dyspareunia [Re: JDJ] Zed Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 1661 Loc: British Columbia, Canada or what they are Welcome Dave Top Page 1 of 1 1 Previous Topic   Index   Next Topic   Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode zmjezhd View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts inselpeter View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts zmjezhd View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts JDJ View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Zed View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6475 Members 16 Forums 12020 Topics 176694 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (zmjezhd) and 155 anonymous users online. details Newest Members Eileen, dnsm4, celtic, Reva, pardeep 6474 Registered Users Top Posters 13858 wwh 11418 Faldage 9598 Jackie 8577 tsuwm 6380 AnnaStrophic 6296 Wordwind 6045 etaoin 5364 of troy 4683 maverick 4186 WhitmanO'Neill May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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