Re: Arvorec comes of age

Christian Thalmann wrote:

> > Glurp. My bad- I used the same basic format as I do for the Arvorec
> > Dictionary, which has etymologies for each word- I must have forgotten to
> > take some of the abbreviations out.
>
>Why not keep the etymologies in the list?  I for one
>would be interested in seeing where the words came
>from.
Well, it's intended as an adjunct to the main dictionary, and the
etymologies for most of the words are therein.

>   Classical Latin as presented by my dictionary
>seems to have gaping holes in certain semantic fields,
>and I'd like to see how other people fill them.  =P
Well, FWIW:

ceneyth "gay man" < CINAEDU
coeglon "testicle" < COCLIONE- (c.f. It. coglione, Sp cojones, Fr. cuilles)
pethon "whore" < PUTTA:NA (puttana, putón, putain)
pysya "piss" < PISSIA:RE (pisser, ..., pisciare)

Also, other Vulgar Latin swear words (which should all be treated as *-words):
MERDA "shit" (merda, mierda, merde)
PUTTA "whore" (putta, puta, pute)
INCULA:RE "bugger, have anal intercorse with" (inculare, ..., enculer)
CULU "arse" (culo, culo, cul)
CUNIU* "cunt" (conno, ...., con)
FUTERE** "fuck" (fottere, joder, foutre)

*from the CL cuneus "wedge"
**from the CL futuere "to suck" (c.f. Catullus)

Dan

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