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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
wrote:
> Does anybody know the etymology and meaning of Metius Fufetius?
Met(t)ius is probably derived from the Oscan term meddiss
('magistrate'?), the title of the office this king of Alba Longa is
presumed to have held.
Fufetius, in all likelihood a fictitious name, appears to be a play
on the name of the Roman gens Fufidia.
See J.D. Noonan's paper (pay-per-view) at
http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/ca.2006.25.2.327
I only could "spy" the aforesaid etymologies discussed in the paper
through a complicate googling process, but I have no access to the
full text of the paper!
Regards,
Francesco