*אפיפיון
Grammatical information: noun m.
Translation: saddle cloth; fig. for buttocks
Translation equivalent: ἐφίππιον(Classical Greek)
Usage:
Domain: artefacts
Socio-cultural norm: cultural borrowing
Normativity: standard
Meaning type: fig.
ויסגר בשר תחתנה אמר ר' חננא בר יצחק עשה לו נוה לתחתיתו כדי שלא יהא מתבזה כבהמה, רבין יניי ור' יני חד אמר עשה לו מנעול ואפיפודין כבוש עליו כדי שלא יהא מצטער בשעה שיושב, וחרנה אמר עשה לו כסתות.
17,6 [I 157: 8]
And he closed up the place with flesh instead thereof (taḥtennah) (Gen 2,21). R. Ḥanina b. Yiṣḥaq said: He provided him with a fitting outlet (“naweh”) for his nether functions, that his modesty might not be outraged, like an animal. Rabin said: Yannai and R. Yannai differed thereon. One says: He provided him with a lock and a saddle cloth pressed over it, so that he should not suffer pain when he sits. The other said: He provided him with cushions. (Freedman / Simon I 137)
= QohR 3,19 אפופרין; QohZ 3,19 אפיפורין; Yalq 23 [8a:37] אפיפורן; Yalq Koh 969 אפיפורין
The reading אפיפודין is a corruption. The reading אפיפיון was suggested by Krauss and Jastrow (I 103b) as an emendation of אפיפודין in GenR 17,6 and parallels for contextual reasons.
Bibliography:
How to cite: Art. *אפיפיון in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/efipyon.html. 2024.
