The Other Tale

>>>"prosecute" -- *h2eg^-e- [xag^e-] (??)
>
>>Hmm, never heard of that verb before. COol.
>
>You have, Glen. It's the "drive, goad on, pursue" root (also >underlying
>such words as agent, act, agony, etc.). It has so many >secondary meanings
>that a legal one seems plausible. A pastoral pun, if you prefer, concerning
>the concept of leading the lamb to the law, as in MCLSSAA2's attrative
>suggestion.

Ah, but Piotr... the question is whether the accused can be said to
be a "lamb" or a "wolf". Is it appropriate to use this pastoral
pun given the apparent relationship of criminality and the wolf,
rather than the lamb, in IE society? It would seem very
self-contradictory to be painting one's accused as a lamb, nej?

- gLeN


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