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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "George Hinge" <litgh@...> wrote:
>
. Other solutions are either a derivation from the
> IE root *k'ems- "declare publicly" (also in ce:nseo:; Ernout-
> Meillet: "mais ni le sens, ni la forme ne s'expliquent bien") or a
> compound with the IE root *sel- "take" (Gr. heleîn;
> Pokorny: "fraglich").
Three words ending in sul:
praesul, foredancer (prae + sali:re)
exsul, exiled, 'out of his ground' (ex + solum?) or 'having jumped
out', 'derailed' (exsili:re?)
con-sul or cons-ul (con-sulere or cens-e:re?)
NB1: exsili:re and consulere form the same intensiva: exsulta:re and
consulta:re.
A mere phonetic coincidence? Is consulere simply a denominative of
consul?
NB2: the senators having 'jumped' to the same conclusion was called
Sena:tu:s consultum.
Is it possible that in archaic times there was some sort of ritual
dance (or rather procession) making the ceremonial ambiance of
Senate meetings lead by the rex?
In times of the duumvirate there was perhaps a reminiscence of this
archaic ritual praesul opening (or concluding) the meeting, now
performed jointly by two collegues?
Any reactions to this wild scenario?
Lars