David Amicus <
davida...@gmail.com> wrote on 17 Sep 2018 in
alt.language.latin:
> Would Caedes Procorum be Slaughter of the Suitors?
>
> Based on the story in the Odyssey.
Please use Google first:
Odusseias X:
Mnehstehrophonia
Caedes procororum
see: Homeri carmina, Johann Friedrich DUEBNER, 1838
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https://books.google.nl/books?id=vxZbAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA496&lpg=PA496
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Procus = suitor
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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%
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The genitivus pluralis is stated here as "procum",
having the same number of 'use votes' as "procorum"!
Caedis/Caedes = cutting-down,carnage, massacre
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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?
doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0060:entry=caedes&highlight=caedes>
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Mnehstehro-phonia [or Mnehstehro-ktonia]
'To murder' in Greek:
phoneuoo, phoneoo, kteinoo, anaireoo, miaiphoneoo, anairoo
mnehsteuoo = to woo, court
mnehstehr = wooer,suitor
[eh = eta, oo = o-mega]
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https://books.google.nl/books?id=Lrw9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA602-IA7>
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