[ANSTHRLD] Latin Name Help Request - philologus

Bob Wade logiosophia at yahoo.com
Mon May 31 15:12:06 PDT 2010


Thank you for the parallel.  I had forgotten many authors of the trivium were given the appelation grammaticus.  You are correct about the etymology of "philology" -- the origin is Greek (i.e. compounding "philos" and "logos" to form "philologia").  
 
Tostig

--- On Mon, 5/31/10, HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com> wrote:


From: HerrDetlef <herrdetlef at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Latin Name Help Request - philologus
To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 3:09 PM


My two farthings:

"Philologus" should be all right (it's more of a nickname than a formal
given name), but my understanding has always been that it's actually Greek,
and not Latin (notwithstanding the Latin suffix "-us"). "Philologus"
translates literally as "lover of words", and it's the root for the English
word "philology", which is sometimes applied to manuscript studies and
sometimes to historical linguistics--sometimes both in combination. Loosely
translated, "Philologus" basically means "nerd," which in our world is
almost always a badge of high honor.

Another suggestion I might make is that "Philologus" is grammatically
parallel to "Grammaticus", the nickname given to Aelfric of Eynsham.
"Grammaticus" is a name given to someone who is known for his ability to
write Latin (which would definitely count me out; I can barely READ Latin).

Pax et bonum,
Detlef von Marburg

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Bob Wade <logiosophia at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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