- University of Pavia, Classics, Graduate StudentUniversity of Pavia, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (sezione di Scienze dell'Antichità), Department Memberadd
The Latin noun ceparius, recurring only in Lucilius’ fragment 195 M. (lippus edenda acri assiduo ceparius cepa), has been considered by critics as derived from cepa (‘onion’) and has been generally interpreted as meaning ‘onion-eater’ or,... more
The Latin noun ceparius, recurring only in Lucilius’ fragment 195 M. (lippus edenda acri assiduo ceparius cepa), has been considered by critics as derived from cepa (‘onion’) and has been generally interpreted as meaning ‘onion-eater’ or, less frequently, ‘onion-seller’ or ‘onion-grower’. Taking full advantage of the witness offered by a Xth century glossa (Gloss. 5.565.5: ceparius ortulanus), the author of this essay suggests that ceparius
is a perfect synonym for holitor and κηπουρός, and that it is etymologically connected not with the Latin word cepa, but with the Greek κῆπος (‘hortus’).
is a perfect synonym for holitor and κηπουρός, and that it is etymologically connected not with the Latin word cepa, but with the Greek κῆπος (‘hortus’).
