tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post3927620906768199697..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Selvans Canzate: a 'pure guess'Glen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-51712900783252517262009-05-05T17:33:00.000-05:002009-05-05T17:33:00.000-05:00I think it's safe to say that Larissa Bonfante's f...I think it's safe to say that Larissa Bonfante's forté is not linguistics. She has far more knowledge in Greek and Roman artifacts (which still doesn't necessarily help her to fully understand the Etruscan civilization). My general plaint is that it's impossible to truly understand Etruscan civilization without fully understanding the Etruscan language and grammar. (You'll notice too that the Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-76600091366230719022009-05-05T15:05:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:05:00.000-05:00Somewhat puzzling.
It would not have occurred to ...Somewhat puzzling. <br />It would not have occurred to me that "canzate" could be an epithet of Selvans<B>l</B>. <br />The Bonfantes believe(d) canzate to be an epithet. As there is no case agreement I do not understand this. <br />Do you?ZUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06733661299497804284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-8887162424834970742009-05-05T14:29:00.000-05:002009-05-05T14:29:00.000-05:00It would depend on the nature of the epithet. If i...It would depend on the nature of the epithet. If it's an epithet of the form "Selvans the X", then we would have expected <B>canzate</B> to agree in case with <B>Selvansl</B>. Since this is not the case, we may reasonably rule out such a pattern of translation.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-35201868886423623652009-05-04T20:14:00.000-05:002009-05-04T20:14:00.000-05:00Hello Glen.
I wonder: shouldn't "canzate" be dec...Hello Glen. <br /><br />I wonder: shouldn't "canzate" be declined in a different way if it were an epithet of Selvans(l)?ZUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06733661299497804284noreply@blogger.com