Klaudiusz Elian o nazwach młodych zwierząt („De natura animalium” VII 47)

• Authors: Elwira Kaczyńska
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In his work entitled On the Characteristics of Animals (VII 47), Claudius Aelianus discusses numerous Ancient Greek names of wild animals, especially their young. He registers as many as 18 different appellatives referring to young animals as well as ten poetic or dialectal terms for mature ones. The aim of the present study is to analyze the Ancient Greek words denoting young animals quoted by the Roman writer from the viewpoint of etymology and word-formation

PL

In his work entitled On the Characteristics of Animals (VII 47), Claudius Aelianus discusses numerous Ancient Greek names of wild animals, especially their young. He registers as many as 18 different appellatives referring to young animals as well as ten poetic or dialectal terms for mature ones. The aim of the present study is to analyze the Ancient Greek words denoting young animals quoted by the Roman writer from the viewpoint of etymology and word-formation.

Keywords

PL

animal terminology; etymology; Greek language; vocabulary; word-formation

EN

animal terminology; etymology; Greek language; vocabulary; word-formation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2018

online

2018-08-24

Contributors

author

Elwira Kaczyńska

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/sppgl.2018.XXVIII.1.2