hetaera

英 [hɪ'tɪərə] 美 [hɪ'tɪrə]
  • n. 古希腊的高级妓女;妾;交际花(等于hetaira)
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hetaera (n.)
1820, "mistress," from Medieval Latin hetaera, from Greek hetaira "female companion," in Athens opposed to "lawful wife," and thus embracing everything from "concubine" to "courtesan;" fem. of hetairos "comrade, companion," from PIE *swet-aro-, suffixed form of root *s(w)e- (see idiom).