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CHAT: Latin sexual vocab

From:Ed Heil <edheil@...>
Date:Thursday, June 3, 1999, 3:15
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 | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt >