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Diacronia 15, September 26, 2022, art. A212 (p. 1–12)https://doi.org/10.17684/i15A212en

Some remarks on an 18th century text and its fragmentary modern edition – Pildele filosofești [Philosophical Parables] (1713)

Victor Celac

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“Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” Institute of Linguistics, 13 Calea 13 Septembrie, 050711 Bucharest, Romania

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Received February 22, 2022
Accepted March 4, 2022
Published October 9, 2022

Key words

philology
old documents
historical lexicology
old literature
translation

Abstract

In this article I will approach and try to clarify an unusual spelling (sumparao) which occurs in a text from the beginning of the 18th century, attributed to Antim Ivireanul. It is the question of a Romanian translation, made after an intermediate Greek version, of a distant French original. At the same time, I will point out some questionable (or more than questionable) spellings, from a fragmentary modern edition of the respective text, published by Alexandru Duțu in 1968 (ciocotințește for ciocotnițește; ciocotinția for ciocotniția; împărteșuțează for împărteșugează; roscoasă for roscoașă; scutelește for șutelește). I will also point out some unusual, rare lexical units, some of them representing antedatings compared to the oldest attestations registered in the reference works in the field (deletnicie; însoțime; răsfățăciune; soțiime). In so doing, I will propose certain semantic and/or etymological clarifications.

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    Text:Celac, V. (2022). Some remarks on an 18th century text and its fragmentary modern edition – Pildele filosofești [Philosophical Parables] (1713), Diacronia 15 (October 9), A212 (1–12), https://doi.org/10.17684/i15A212en
    BibTeX:@ARTICLE{celac2022,
     author = {Victor Celac},
     title = {Some remarks on an 18th century text and its fragmentary modern edition – Pildele filosofești [Philosophical Parables] (1713)},
     journal = {Diacronia},
     ISSN = {2393-1140},
     year = {2022},
     month = {October},
     number = {15},
     eid = {A212},
     doi = {https://doi.org/10.17684/i15A212en},
     pages = "(1–12)",
     url = {https://www.diacronia.ro/journal/issue/15/A212/en}
    }

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