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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "squilluncus" <grvs@...> wrote:

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> --- In 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

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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