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
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
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?
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Dr.
