Re: VIRGIL: Dis = dis 'wealthy'?
Last week I asked: Commentators in the Renaissance routinely explain the proper name Dis as dis 'wealthy'. Cf. Plouton from Ploutos in Plato, Crat. 403a. I have two questions... Leofranc Holford-Strevens (who else?) answered: At least as old as Cicero (De natura deorum 2. 66), though Quintilian (1. 6. 34) took it to operate by contraries (quia minime dives). Please accept my belated thanks. One thing I have learned over the last ten years of writing on this subject is not to underestimate the early commentators. Some of what they say is crackers. But much of it, I have learned, turns out to be based on very old -- and therefore very relevant -- sources. Here, another case in point. --- Dr. David Wilson-Okamurahttp://virgil.org david@virgil.org English Department Virgil reception, discussion, documents, c East Carolina UniversitySparsa et neglecta coegi. -- Claude Fauchet --- --- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message unsubscribe mantovano in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
Re: VIRGIL: Dis = dis 'wealthy'?
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Wilson-Okamura david@virgil.org writes Commentators in the Renaissance routinely explain the proper name Dis as dis 'wealthy'. Cf. Plouton from Ploutos in Plato, Crat. 403a. I have two questions about this. 1. Is the Dis etymology valid? Ernout-Meillet accept it; and I don't know of an alternative. 2. How old is it? At least as old as Cicero (De natura deorum 2. 66), though Quintilian (1. 6. 34) took it to operate by contraries (quia minime dives). Leofranc Holford-Strevens -- *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/353865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* --- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message unsubscribe mantovano in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
VIRGIL: Dis = dis 'wealthy'?
Commentators in the Renaissance routinely explain the proper name Dis as dis 'wealthy'. Cf. Plouton from Ploutos in Plato, Crat. 403a. I have two questions about this. 1. Is the Dis etymology valid? 2. How old is it? --- Dr. David Wilson-Okamurahttp://virgil.org david@virgil.org English Department Virgil reception, discussion, documents, c East Carolina UniversitySparsa et neglecta coegi. -- Claude Fauchet --- --- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message unsubscribe mantovano in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
