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"Ausonian Tongue"

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David Amicus

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Aug 7, 2018, 1:16:07 PM8/7/18
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Would "Ausonian tongue" be Latin or Italian?

Ed Cryer

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Aug 8, 2018, 6:58:28 AM8/8/18
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David Amicus wrote:
> Would "Ausonian tongue" be Latin or Italian?
>


"Lingua Ausonia" in Latin.
"Lingua di Ausonia" in Italian.

But, I suspect that's not what you want here.
You're after the language that Auson and Latinus brought to Italy. Yes?
Well, their father must have spoken Greek; but as to their mother,
hhhmmm! I don't know.
However, it certainly wouldn't have been Latin. That evolved through
local languages such as Etruscan.

Ed

David Amicus

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Aug 8, 2018, 7:28:49 AM8/8/18
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Thank-you

Ed Cryer

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Aug 8, 2018, 10:57:47 AM8/8/18
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All those extra sons of Odysseus are new to me. I don't recall them
being in the Odyssey; Telemachus is the only one I recall.
It puts a new light on Odysseus sitting by the sea and thinking of home.
He was also a child-abandoner.
Perhaps Calypso and Circe had to use their wiles for so long just to
keep him bringing the bacon home for them.

Ed

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