Vol. 36 No. 1 (2010): XXXVI - 2010, fascicolo 1
Articoli

<em>Pseudolus</em>, un doppio gioco onomastico. Alcune considerazioni sul lessico dell’inganno in Plauto

Published 2012-10-03

Keywords

  • Plauto,
  • Pseudolus’ name

Abstract

The word dolus recurs very often in this play: this appears to support Pascucci’s view on the name Pseudolus as a nomen agentis, in which -olus did not evolve into -ulus for the very sake of a word play with dolus.