Stelle Iapheth latitudo. Ex eo enim populu...; (Etymologiarum sive Originum libri XX (622 - 633), vi.6.18-19) [1220]
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| ID | 1220 |
| Text | Etymologiarum sive Originum libri XX (622 - 633) Isidore of Seville |
| Quotation | Iapheth latitudo. Ex eo enim populus gentium nascitur; et quia lata est ex gentibus multitudo credentium, ab eadem latitudine Iapheth dictus est. Canaan filius Cham interpretatur motus eorum. |
| Translation | 18 . Japheth means “width,” for from him were born the pagan nations, and because wide is the multitude of believers from among the gentiles, Japheth was named from that width. 19 . Canaan the son of Ham is translated “their movement” (Trans. Barney, Lewis, Beach and Berghof 2006, p. 163) |
| Quotation source | vi.6.18-19 |
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