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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816822503321

Autore

Dickey Eleanor

Titolo

Latin forms of address [[electronic resource] ] : from Plautus to Apuleius / / Eleanor Dickey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-383-03776-0

9786611341671

1-281-34167-3

1-280-44654-4

9786610446544

0-19-155391-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 414 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

395.40937

Soggetti

Latin language - Address, Forms of

Latin language - Social aspects - Rome

Social interaction - Rome

Forms of address - Rome

Names, Personal - Rome

Names, Latin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [376]-392) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; PART I. ADDRESSES; 1. Names; 2. Titles; 3. Kinship Terms; 4. Terms of Endearment, Affection, and Esteem; 5. Insults; 6. Other Addresses; 7. The Use of mi and o; II. INTERACTIONS; 8. Addresses between Known People without any Special Attachment to One Another; 9. Addresses to Strangers and Nameless Characters; 10. Addresses between Relatives; 11. Addresses between Spouses and Others with a Romantic Interest; 12. Addresses to Groups; 13. Addresses to and from Non-Humans

Sommario/riassunto

How did Romans address their children, their parents, their slaves and their patrons? This text questions a body of addresses spanning four centuries and drawn from a variety of sources.