Re: Inherently Reflexive Verbs (was: mental masturbation)

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

>
> In the case of Classical Latin, I can only cite Adams (1982), and not
> begin a classicist, I don't know how reliable he is. I'd be rather
> surprised if from frico, sollicito, tango, tracto, contrecto, truso,
> trudo, tero, haero, deglubo, glubo, rado, manus fututrix and molo none
> had survived the fall of the empire... Besides,  _masturbari_ is attested
> in Martial 9, 41: ...Omnia perdiderant, si masturbatus uterque...
> (Not bad for a copy of Martial from 1853 - it's not bowdlerized, as
> I feared when I bought it.) I'm also reminded of that charming miniature
> in the Hours of Duc de Berry, where the peasants are warming their
> nobility by the fire.
>
To give credit where credit is due: Adams (1982) is of course:

Adams, J.N. 1982. _The Latin Sexual Vocabulary_, London.

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