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Re: rhomphaia


Etymology rhomphaia term which, according to ancient authors, means a great
sword of thracian is put in link with Latin rumpere * "break", "to break: which
in translation approximately could designate as rhomphaia as one who breaks
[break]

dada

ps. sorry for my english

www.enciclopedia-dacica.ro
Thu Apr 2, 2009 4:58 pm

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Good day, I am passionate about ancient weapons, especially the Thracian and Dacian ones and I joined this group hoping that we could have an useful exchange... 		Dada Mamusa
dada_mamusa
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6:55 pm

... Hi Dada Mamusa, this group has for long time no activity anymore and when here was one, we discussed more linguistic aspects. Yet, you are wellcome and I...
Alexandru Moeller
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Offline Send Email 		Mar 31, 2009
7:54 pm

Yes, we discuss more on the etymology of the words here... Could you indicate me where the Thracian rhomphaia is attested on the ancient texts, arheological...
alexandru_mg3
Offline Send Email 		Apr 1, 2009
10:52 am

... so far I am informed, Thomacheck does not comment too much about this word but it remember it when he is writting about Rumbodona in his "Die Alten...
Alexandru Moeller
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Offline Send Email 		Apr 1, 2009
4:13 pm

Etymology rhomphaia term which, according to ancient authors, means a great sword of thracian is put in link with Latin rumpere * "break", "to break: which in...
Dada Mamusa
dada_mamusa
Offline Send Email 		Apr 2, 2009
6:22 pm

... ************ There are just a few roots concerning the IE weapons, like: 1. *gWeru 'spear' or 'spit' in Celtic (OIr biur0 and Italic (Lat veru), but...
Abdullah Konushevci
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