Re: Lepanto
- From: "Dusan Vukotic" <dusan.vukotic@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Oct 2006 03:12:35 -0700
David / Amicus wrote:
Today is the anniversary of the battle of Lepanto. Anyone know what
LEPANTO means?
NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Battle of Lepanto (1571)
Address:http://pedia.nodeworks.com/B/BA/BAT/Battle_of_Lepanto_%281571%29/
It would be interesting to compare Lepanto with the Serbian toponyms -
river Lepenica and Lab and Lepenski Vir (famous archeological site in
Serbia - Danube area); Lebane - town in Serbia.
Etymologically, it is the same word as Lat. libatio, Gr. leibein (the
act of pouring a liquid offering - especially wine - as a religious
ceremony; pour out). The history of this word could be completely
tracked back in Serbian.
It begins from the adjective 'oblo' (from the ancient sun-god Bel, the
sun is round shaped), 'obala' (coast; usual round shaped), 'oblivati'
(splashing water like the river while soaking its coasts), 'polivati
/polivati' (douche), 'liti/ livati' (from 'po-livati' - pour out, pour
down; Serb. livaj, levaj! pour the drink into the glas/is).
There are hundreds of the geographical names. Let us mention Libya,
Lebanon (see the above Serb. Lebane), Levant ("mediteranian lands east
of Italy").
DV
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