g wrote:
>> *****GK: Is that the main or sole term for "devil" in
>> Romanian? I have consulted an on-line dictionary which
>> offers "satana".*****
>
> diavol; and diverse euphemistic locutions.
>
> George
But the "satana" is the word used in religious texts:
"te lepezi de satana"? "mã lepãd"
satana : cf DEX from Slavic "satana"
a lepãda = vt. "to drop"; about animal "to shed"; vt. "to disavow";
about an habbit " to leave off"
lepãdãturã =villain, worm
etym: unsure. phoneticaly just Latin "lapidare" seems to match but the
meaning does not match.
BTW, which should be the etym. of Slavic "satana"?
alex