Vol. 32 No. 1 (2006): XXXII - 2006, fascicolo 1
Articoli

Recupero di un termine medico nelle <em>Compositiones</em> di Scribonio Largo (con annotazioni su la lettera Z in latino)

Published 2013-07-04

Keywords

  • Scribonius Largus,
  • Compositiones,
  • medical terminology,
  • zerna

Abstract

In the chapters 63 and 67, zona is to be emended to zerna. This word is one of the several clues about the presence of Z in the writing of ancient Latin. Probably, the term is of Etruscan origin and hints at a protuberance: originally, at the central part of the shield.