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ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL GREEK ETYMOLOGY GEBUNDEN

This volume on Greek synchronic etymology offers a set of papers evidencing the cultural
significance of etymological commitment in ancient and medieval literature. The four sections
illustrate the variety of approaches of the same object  which for Greek writers was much more
than a technical way of studying language. Contributions focus on the functions of etymology as
they were intended by the authors according to their own aims. (1) Philosophical issues
addresses the theory of etymology and its explanatory power  especially in Plato and in
Neoplatonism. (2) Linguistic issues discusses various etymologizing techniques and the status
of etymology  which was criticized and openly rejected by some authors. (3) Poetical practices
of etymology investigates the ubiquitous presence of etymological reflections in learned poetry
whatever the genre  didactic  aetiological or epic. (4) Etymology and word-plays addresses the
vexed question of the limit between a mere pun and a real etymological explanation  which is
more than once difficult to establish. The wide range of genres and authors and the interplay
between theoretical reflection and applied practice shows clearly the importance of etymology
in Greek thought.

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