[ANSTHRLD] Latin Name Help Request - philologus

Bob Wade logiosophia at yahoo.com
Mon May 31 08:30:09 PDT 2010


I'd like to do a name change from the registered Tostig Logiosophia to its nearest Latin equivalent.  The given name shouldn't be a problem ('Tosti' and 'Tostius' are in the Domesday Book).  The (made-up) descriptive Greek epithet translates as "wise in the history of knowledge".  The nearest Latin equivalent I can find is "philologus" which translates as "scholar" as a noun or "learned" as an adjective.
"Philolgus" is documentable throughout Period as a given name (Romans 16:15).  Is that sufficient to support either "Tostius philologus"  given the occupational naming pattern "X clericus" in the Domesday Book or the desciptive naming pattern "Beda venerablis"(The venerable Bede)?
Thanking you in advance for yoour help,
Tostig


      


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