THE MAIN FEATURES OF HUNTING VOCABULARY IN OLD GREEK

THIS PAPER LOOKS AT THE MAIN FEATURES OF GREEK HUNTING VOCABULARY. MORE PRECISELY, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SPECIALIZATION OF THE HUNTING VOCABULARY IN OLD GREEK. FIRST OF ALL, WE WILL REFER TO THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORDS BY PROVIDING A SHORT CLASSIFICATION OF THE HUNTING TERMS (BORROWED WORDS, DERIVATES ETC.). ALTHOUGH WE DEAL WITH A TECHNICAL VOCABULARY, APART FROM THE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SPECIALIZATION, WE COULD NOTICE THAT MANY OF THE WORDS DEVELOPED METAPHORICAL MEANINGS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EROTIC POETRY AND TRAGEDY. MOREOVER, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A GENERAL TREND OF TERMINOLOGISATION, AS MOST OF THE WORDS, WHICH BELONG TO THE GENERAL VOCABULARY, TEND TO BE USED WITH A MORE SPECIFIC MEANING.

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