[B-Greek] Col. 3,8 AISCROLOGIA

Wilson Hines wilsonhines at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 24 08:15:00 EDT 2004


Mr. Conrad is on the money on that one.  The BDAG is very clear about it.  I
will throw in the Liddell and Scott where it is a very short entry, but adds
"abuse" to the mix.

Wilson Hines
Mt. Olive, NC, USA
wilsonATwilsonhines.com
www.wilsonhines.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: "Eddie Mishoe" <edmishoe at yahoo.com>
Cc: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Col. 3,8 AISCROLOGIA


> At 4:23 AM -0700 6/24/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
> >NUNI DE APOQESQE KAI hUMEIS TA PANTA, ORGHN, QUMON,
> >KAKIAN, BLASFHMIAN, AISCROLOGIAN EK TOU STOMATOS hUMWN
> >
> >Does this word AISCROLOGIAN cover profanity? I've
> >always had a hard time determining the semantics of a
> >word that for all intents and purposes cannot be
> >determinted by CONTEXT. A laundry list of do's and
> >dont's hardly provides a CONTEXT to draw out which
> >nuance the author wants to convey.
>
> It seems to me it's more a catch-all term for a category of what we might
> call "nasty talk," including scatology, four-letter words, off-color
jokes,
> ethnic aspersions, etc. BDAG's gloss is "speech of a kind that is
generally
> considered in poor taste,   obscene speech, dirty talk" The whole article
> in BDAG (it's not very long) is worth reading, but I won't cite it hear
> inasmuch as it involves too much transliteration work.
> -- 
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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