Fluctum or frictum in line 322 of Juvenal's Satire VI
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Redirected from Fluctum crisantis adorat)
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
In line 322 of Juvenal's Satire VI, two orthographies are found of a phrase that is generally taken to refer to lesbian sex. The first orthography says fluctum, the second frictum.
The first version, Ipsa Medullinae frictum crissantis adorat, is found in the French translation[1] of Satire VI.
In English, this is translated as "ipsa Medullinae fluctum crisantis adorat" by George Gilbert Ramsay[2].
The verb fricare in Latin means to rub and in French fricatrices is used to refer to lesbians.
Fluctum refers to a wave or a billow.
[edit]
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Fluctum or frictum in line 322 of Juvenal's Satire VI" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
