hetaera

英 [hɪ'tɪərə] 美[hɪ'tɪrə]

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).

复数: hetaerae; hetaeras;