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Terminology of salt in Ancient Greek
Terminology of salt in Ancient Greek

Author(s): Roxana-Gabriela Curcă
Subject(s): History, Ancient World, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: Salt;terminology of salt;ancient Greek;semantic spectrum

Summary/Abstract: This study addresses for the first time in the dedicated literature, the lexical reflexes of salt in ancient Greek, as part of an extended research project. An inventory was realized as comprehensively as possible on grammatical categories (nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs), derived from nominal compound ἁλ (ἅλς, ἁλὁς) in the initial and secondary position, emphasizing a majority of adjectives and a wide semantic spectrum (e.g. physical world, exploitation, food consumption and conservation, social and economic contexts, symbolic uses). This lexical variety indicates the crucial role of salt and sea in the development of Greek civilization.

  • Issue Year: 21/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 221-233
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English