Homary i homarce w świecie antycznym
European and Norway lobsters in the ancient world
Author(s): Konrad Tomasz Tadajczyk, Krzysztof Tomasz WitczakSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: animal terminology; etymology; Greek; Latin; vocabulary
Summary/Abstract: The article describes the Greek and Latin names for ‘European lobster, Homarus gammarus L.’ and ‘Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus L.’. The present authors suggest that the European lobster was called λέων in Greek and leō in Latin. The Greek term ἀστακός (hence Lat. astacus) referred exclusively to the Norway lobster.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXIX/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-51
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Polish