| Keywords |
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| ID |
5 |
| Text |
Ars Ambrosiana. Commentum Anonymum in Donati Partes Maiores e codice Mediolan. Bibl. Ambros. L.22.SVP. (601 - 800) Anonymous - Other |
| Quotation |
Alia gentis. Nam a primi hominis nomine tota sui gens nomen accipit, hoc est, quod huius proprium fuerat, in appellationem descendit. Inde adiectum factum est, ut Grecus; dicitur enim "Grecus homo", "Grecus sermo"; similiter Hispanus. |
| Translation |
Other names are people names. In fact from the name of the first person his whole people has got its name. That's to say: the name which was his own proper name became an appellative name. Then Donatus adds: "like Grecus"; one says in fact "a Greek person", "the Greek language"; it's the same for "Hispanus".(C. Grifoni) |
| Summary |
People names derive from an ancestor's own name. |
| Quotation source |
p. 22, 368-371 |
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| Comment |
The word "gens" seems to be used in order to indicate a big family (biological descent). |
