Re: The etymology of herold

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 65727
Date: 2010-01-21

W dniu 2010-01-21 19:56, george knysh pisze:

> --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Torsten <tgpedersen@...
> <mailto:tgpedersen%40hotmail.com>> wrote:

> 'Dolor' means neither 'indignation' nor 'rancor', it means 'sorrow' and
> 'pain'.
>
> ****GK: Well, the Perseus people have adopted "great indignation" as a
> translation. In any case, the point is that the Germanics (esp. the
> Suebians) blamed the Romans (ultimately) for Ariovistus' demise. The
> rest is your usual red herring deflection.*****
>
> Douleur
> http://en.wiktionar y.org/wiki/ douleur
> dolore.
> http://www.yourdict ionary.com/ con-dolore
> Indignation and rancor is what you feel if something is done to you
> unjustly by somebody. Sorrow and pain is what you feel if something
> happens to you.
> Get it? Now get your thumb off the scale.
>
> ****GK: Just keep sucking on yours. Doesn't bother me.*****

Lewis & Short have "indignation, wrath, animosity, anger, resentment" as
one of the meanings of <dolor>, with plenty of classical examples.

Piotr