Re: *pu:tium prea-pu:tium sala-pu:tium

On 2008-01-22 20:49, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Based on this, this Weiss asserts, more or less, that Seneca Sr.
> cannot understand well the Latin vocabulary with all its Slang
> nuances; so Seneca Sr. would need to invoke an independant witness or
> to quote an additional text in order to convince Weiss that he well
> understand his own native language
>
> I told you that "Herodotus syndrom" (you remember: "that guy that
> told us some false stories" based on some scholars) is very spread in
> our days, everywhere...

Be my guest, Alex, but you surely realise that by insisting that
<salapu:tium> has something to do with <praepu:tium> and therefore with
the male generative organ you subscribe the opinion that a Latin word
like *pu:t-X- 'penis' existed ca. 2000 years ago. OK, you're playing
into my hand.

Piotr

P.S. You criticise Weiss without having read him, which is not quite
fair. If you'd like to see the article, let me know. I've got an
electronic copy and can share it with you. -- P.