Meanings
plural olisboi
- A dildo.
I had blazed in her face an olisbos-like flashlight.
1958, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita2 more examples
At quiet hour in the afternoon they were adepts of the olisbos, baubon, and finger.
1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!A bowl of Pamphaeus in the British Museum shows a naked hetaira who has two olisboi in her hand; apparently there is a similar representation on a bowl of Euphronius.
1932, Sexual Life in Ancient Greece, Panther, published 1969, page 287
Origin
- Ancient Greekὄλισβος
- Englisholisbos
From Ancient Greek ὄλισβος (ólisbos), possibly from ὀλισθάνειν (olisthánein, “to slip, glide”).
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