09.01.2013 Views

Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

The axe carried by priests and priestesses 631<br />

pita^. The pontifical axe that appears on denarii struck by-<br />

Fig- 536-<br />

glossariorwn Lat<strong>in</strong>oriim Lipsiae 1888 ii (ed. G. Goetz—G. Gundermann). 13 no. 9 acceres<br />

[sic) d^tV iepocpduTOv us UXavros and other glosses cited <strong>in</strong> the TAes. L<strong>in</strong>g. Lat. i.<br />

399, 69 ff. Walde Lat. etym. Worterb.^ p. 8 says : 'nach Biicheler Rh. Mus. xi.vi (1891),<br />

233 ff. zu acies "Schneide, Scharfe," acidrium " vulgarer Name des Stahls " (s. acer).<br />

Bildung unklar.<br />

^ Paul, ex Fest. p. 336, 9 Miiller, p. 453, 16 f. L<strong>in</strong>dsay secespitam alii securim, alii<br />

dolabram aeneam, alii cultellum esse putant. But see Fest. p. 348(7 4 ff. Miiller, p. 472,<br />

19 ff. L<strong>in</strong>dsay ecespitam esse Antisti<br />

ferreum, oblongum, manio, solido, v<strong>in</strong>cto ad ca fixum clavis aeneis, aenes, flam<strong>in</strong>icae, virgicrificia utuntur = <strong>in</strong>terp. Serv. /« Verg. Aen. 4. 262. This more<br />

detailed account is borne out by Suet. Tib. 25 nam et <strong>in</strong>ter pontifices sacrificanti simul<br />

pro secespita plumbeum cultrum subiciendum curavit. Walde op. cit.'^ p. 692 :<br />

zu seco..., obgleich die Bildung (oder Zusammensetzung?) unklar ist (s. caespes).''<br />

' jedenfalls<br />

Fest. p. 318 (^ 16 ff. Miiller, p. 422, 32 ff. L<strong>in</strong>dsay scena ab aliis, a quibusdam sacena<br />

appellatur dolabra pontificalis, Paul, ex Fest. p. 319, 8 Miiller, p. 423, 13 L<strong>in</strong>dsay scena<br />

sive sacena dolabra pontificalis. Walde op, cit? p. 668 : 'aus *sacesna, zu saxitm..., secdre,<br />

scena.' De Vit Lai. Lex. s.vv. 'sacena,' 'sescenaris' expla<strong>in</strong>s Li v. 41. 15 bovis sescenaris<br />

as ' an ox struck by the pontifical axe.'

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!