- Tytuł:
- A note on Greek óμείχω ‘to urinate’ and μοιχός ‘adulterer’
- Autorzy:
- Piwowarczyk, Dariusz R.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/699982.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2012
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Tematy:
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etymology
Greek
Latin texts
areal linguistics
linguistic history - Opis:
- This article investigates the problem of the etymological connection between the Greek word óμείχω ‘to urinate’ and the agent noun μοιχός ‘adulterer’, the semantics of which has often been termed improbable. It is pointed out that the connection might be made more probable when analyzing the Latin data: the verb meiō, -ere ‘to urinate’ and its meaning in the Latin texts, which is not always restricted to ‘urinating’ but is also used as an obscene word meaning ‘to ejaculate’. We can then postulate that μοιχός was an agent noun of óμείχω in the meaning of ‘to ejaculate’ and this way as ‘adulterer’.
- Źródło:
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Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia; 2012, 17, 2; 123-125
1427-8219 - Pojawia się w:
- Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki