Re: Nemo saltat ... (was: conclave)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:

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> From Lewis & Short:
> consul (in the oldest inscrr. CONSOL, COSOL; abbrev. COS., also
> in plur. COSS., not before the time of the emperors), m.
> [prob.from root sal- of salio; Sanscr. sar-, go; hence also exsul,
> praesul, v. Corss. Ausspr. II. p. 71].
> I wouldn't pay much attention to L&S's antique etymologies, but
> it looks like CONSOL is the word we should be explaining. How does
> this fit your idea?
> Dan Milton

Excellent! Thanks.
Lewis and Short have thought of salio also as the root of
consul. That fits to my idea.
Another question is how they visualized this"jumping/dancing
together"

Lars