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Kinship, Relatives
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[German version] I. Ancient Orient and Egypt Both Sumerian and Akkadian kinship terms - other than basic words like father (Sumerian a.a, Akkadian
abu), mother (Sumerian ama, Akkadian
ummu), son (Sumerian dumu, Akkadian
māru), daughter (Sumerian dumu.munus, ‘female son’, Akkadian
mārtu), brother (Sumerian šeš, Akkadian
aḫu), sister (Sumerian nin, Akkadian
aḫātu, ‘female brother’) - are of an analytical character (e.g. Akkadian
abi abi or
abi ummi, paternal or maternal grandfather; father's brother = uncle). In Sumerian, šeš.bànda (literally ‘little brother’) …
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
Aetna
(665 words)
(Αἴτνη;
Aítnē). [German version] [3] Latin didactic poem to explain volcanism, most likely from Neronian times, perhaps by Seneca's penfriend Lucilius (cf. Sen. Epist. 79). The author distances himself not only from the (mythological) epic (vv. 9-23), but also in his own genre -- with polemics against Manilius -- from cosmological and astrological speculation (vv. 228-250). Among his informants, Posidonius stands out (transmitted partially via Sen. Nat. 6?). Ascribed doubtfully to Virgil in the 2n…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly