Publication details
Ut hirpus satietur hircusque integer seruetur
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Graeco-Latina Brunensia |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | Digitální knihovna FF MU |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | Indo-European; Italic; Latin; etymology; (h)irpus; (h)ircus |
| Description | In the article a new solution of the old etymological puzzle is offered: to explain the relation between Latin hircus "stag" and Sabellian hirpus "wolf". A new etymology is based on assumtion of relation between "prey" and "predator", i.e. "wolf" = "that who hunts stags". |
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