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SU UNA MALEDIZIONE OSCA: TEONIMO O MATRONIMICO?

Author(s) -

Romano Lazzeroni

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

istituto lombardo - accademia di scienze e lettere - incontri di studio

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2384-9878

pISSN - 2279-5251

DOI - 10.4081/incontri.2007.65

Subject(s) - curse , identification (biology) , biology , philosophy , theology , botany

The “formula” osca. Maternal filiation or identification of the son? The formula matronimica in an oscan defixio (the so-called “curse of Vibia”: Vetter 6) it is not, as Lejeune sustained, an insult addressed to the subject of the curse (“child of demoniessa” or something similar), but it is the indication of the real filiation. The matronimico in the curses is a use present in a very huge area, from the Mediterranean to the Ancient India. The purpose is the right identification of the execrated person.

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