But of course our friend is only a shallow twentieth-century reproduction of the great hetairae of the past, the type to which she belongs without knowing it, Lais, Charis and the rest...
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Hetaera
//hɪˈtɪəɹə//
Synonyms for "hetaera" (16 found)
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Closest matches (4)
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Related words (8)
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Translations
18 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἑταίρᾱ noun (hired female companion)
Czech
1 entries- hetéra noun (hired female companion)
Danish
1 entries- hetære noun (hired female companion)
Esperanto
1 entries- hetajro noun (hired female companion)
Finnish
1 entries- hetaira noun (hired female companion)
French
1 entries- hétaïre noun (hired female companion)
German
1 entries- Hetäre noun (hired female companion)
Greek
1 entries- εταίρα noun (hired female companion)
Hungarian
1 entries- hetéra noun (hired female companion)
Italian
1 entries- etera noun (hired female companion)
Japanese
1 entries- ヘタイラ noun (hired female companion)
Polish
1 entries- hetera noun (hired female companion)
Portuguese
2 entries- hetaira noun (hired female companion)
- hetera noun (hired female companion)
Russian
1 entries- гете́ра noun (hired female companion)
Spanish
2 entries- hetaira noun (hired female companion)
- hetera noun (hired female companion)
Swedish
1 entries- hetär noun (hired female companion)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Woman is dethroned as the primary and supreme sex, debased into inseminable hetaera.
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Christ appeared, only to reveal himself as the naked god Pan. Ballet of hetaerae and houris, choreography by Italo Castaldi.
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