> I have this magnificent old hardcover printed in 1854 called
> "Glossarium Eroticum Linguae Latinae," which lists every word ever
> used in any vaguely sexual or amatory context, and explains the
> meaning, in Latin. Very educational!
>
> Ed Heil ------ edheil@postmark.net
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> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Boudewijn Rempt |
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> >
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