[lit-ideas] "Virtue" in Classical Rome
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 18:31:28 EDT
In a message dated 10/5/2004 5:14:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
WB> Also, a colleague of mine reminded me that "virtue" has to do with the
WB> idea of being manly, 'vir,'
as in virtu in Machiavelli?
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I guess the Romans, being rather an intelligent lot, _did_ have something (a
word) for something like _female_ 'virtue'. I wouldn't think they did use
'virtue' as applied to _women_ because it possibly did sound (to them) too much
like 'vir' which _is_ 'male'.
Perhaps I'm mistaken?
Cheers,
JL
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