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he·tae·ra (h

-tîr

) also he·tai·ra (-t

)

n. pl. he·tae·rae (-tîr

) or he·tae·ras also he·tai·rai (-t

) or he·tai·ras

An ancient Greek courtesan or concubine, especially one of a special class of cultivated female companions.

[Greek hetaira, feminine of hetairos, companion; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

he·taeric adj.

hetaera [hɪˈtɪərə], hetaira [hɪˈtaɪrə]

n pl -taerae [-ˈtɪəriː], -tairai [-ˈtaɪraɪ]

(Historical Terms) (esp in ancient Greece) a female prostitute, esp an educated courtesan

[from Greek hetaira concubine]

hetaeric , hetairic adj

hetaera

a female companion or paramour of ancient Greece, a sort of professional prostitute.

See also: Greece and Greeks

Translations

hetaera

n pl <-rae or -ras> → Hetäre f

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courtesan Greece and Greeks	As for the personages of the novel, Solaris arranged for a rendezvous with their unconscious: the protagonist with his lover, whose death he was considered responsible for, and Gebarian, another scientist who was working in the laboratory, with the fruit of his imagination, a gigantic black woman--a hetaera and mother in one person. Objects on stage (notes from pre-and post-): in this context 'object' ... by Tupitsyn, Victor / C: International Contemporary Art I remained there many years Because I had nowhere to, I wanted to speak, fortify myself with words, prove Myself to the hetaeras who had pushed me aside for lack of money. Delayed in Ephesus by Platelis, Kornelijus / Confrontation The roles in such poetry were sharply defined: "the unwavering devotion of an upright, poetically talented, young upper-class Roman stands over against the infidelity of a hetaera [courtesan];" because of her inconstancy, the male amator suffers for his love. Love and error by Russello, Gerald J. / New Criterion	Hesperiphona vespertina Hesperis Hesperis matronalis Hesperornis Hesperus Hess Hess Harry Hammond Hesse Hesse-Nassau Hessian Hessian boot Hessian boots Hessian cloth Hessian crucible Hessian fly hessite hessonite hest hestern hesternal Hestia Hesychasm Hesychast het het up hetaera hetaerism hetairism Hetchel Hete heter- Heteracanth Heteranthera Heteranthera dubia heterarchy Heterauxesis hetericism hetero hetero- heteroatom Heterobasidiomycetes heteroblastic Heterocarpism Heterocarpous heterocarpy Heterocephalous Heterocephalus Heterocera heterocercal heterocercal fin Heterocercy	Het Geklank Des Konings Het Groot Belgisch Treinen Forum Het Groot Niet Te Vermijden Het Johan Borgman College Het Laatste Nieuws Het Ministerie Van Evenementen Het Nederlands Kunstenaars Forum Het Nederlandse Computer Forum Het Nieuwe Rijden Het Schip de Lading het up het up Het Zeeuwse Landschap Het Ziekenhuis Consortium Het Zuidelijk Toneel Het Zwarte Corps Het'manat HET-CAM HET-ESF Het-hert Het-hert Het-hert Heta HETAB HETAC Hetacillin Hetacillin potassium hetaera hetaerae hetaerae hetaeras hetaeras Hetaeriae hetaeric hetaeric Hetaerism Hetaerism hetaerolite hetaira hetaira hetaira hetairai hetairai hetairas hetairas hetairas Hetairia Hetairia Hetairism HETAP HETAS hetastarch hetastarch hetastarch HETAT HETB HETC HETCAT

As for the personages of the novel, Solaris arranged for a rendezvous with their unconscious: the protagonist with his lover, whose death he was considered responsible for, and Gebarian, another scientist who was working in the laboratory, with the fruit of his imagination, a gigantic black woman--a hetaera and mother in one person.

Objects on stage (notes from pre-and post-): in this context 'object' ... by Tupitsyn, Victor / C: International Contemporary Art

I remained there many years Because I had nowhere to, I wanted to speak, fortify myself with words, prove Myself to the hetaeras who had pushed me aside for lack of money.

Delayed in Ephesus by Platelis, Kornelijus / Confrontation

The roles in such poetry were sharply defined: "the unwavering devotion of an upright, poetically talented, young upper-class Roman stands over against the infidelity of a hetaera [courtesan];" because of her inconstancy, the male amator suffers for his love.

Love and error by Russello, Gerald J. / New Criterion

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