From [log in to unmask] Sat Mar 29 15:34:12 1997 Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU by psy.tfe.gatech.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA29334; Sat, 29 Mar 97 15:34:09 EST Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6844; Sat, 29 Mar 97 15:46:40 EST Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@PSUVM) by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 7319; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:46:37 -0500 Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 2442 for [log in to unmask]; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:46:35 -0500 Received: from PSUVM (NJE origin SMTP@PSUVM) by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 7311; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 15:46:35 -0500 Received: from bologna.nettuno.it by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Sat, 29 Mar 97 15:46:34 EST Received: from stps30k1.nettuno.it (stps30k1.nettuno.it [193.207.10.178]) by bologna.nettuno.it (8.8.3/8.8.3/NETTuno 2.0) with SMTP id VAA03272 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 21:46:34 +0100 (MET) X-Sender: [log in to unmask] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 21:46:34 +0100 Reply-To: Latin and NeoLatin discussions <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Latin and NeoLatin discussions <[log in to unmask]> From: Luciano Stupazzini <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Italian "moglie" < Lat. mulier? To: [log in to unmask] Status: R >The Italian word for wife or "woman", "moglie". Is this derived from >Latin "mulier" or "mulieris"? > >Stan Mulaik > Italian "moglie" (which actually doesn't mean "woman" but only "wife") is from Latin "mulier". Italian words derived from Latin third declension nouns may be from the Latin nominative (for instance: aetas > eta'; libertas > liberta') or from the Latin accusative (for instance artem > arte; ordinem > ordine). As for "moglie", in Italian there is also a dialectal word "mogliera", which is derived from tha Latin accusative "mulierem". The Italian word for "woman" is "donna", which is, of course, from Latin "domina". Happy Easter to everybody. ------------------------------------------ Luciano Stupazzini formerly Latin and Greek teacher at Liceo Minghetti, Bologna, Italy e-mail:[log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> cortesia de Stan Mulaik