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I'm looking for the etymological meaning of the personal/place name "Tartarus", the Latin form of the Greek "Tartaros".
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One thought...maybe Kassios can help too!
I checked all my sources, and there seems to be no consensus on the etymology of Tartatos (the abysmal region below Hades where the Titans were confined).
One thought of mine is the following: the ancient Greek verb "tartarizo," meaning "to shiver of cold" (which survives in contemporary Greek as "tourtourizo") if very likely an *onomatopoeia* describing the sensation of shivering from cold.
However it is unclear to me if "tartarizo" gave its name to "Tartaros" or vv.
I checked all my sources, and there seems to be no consensus on the etymology of Tartatos (the abysmal region below Hades where the Titans were confined).
One thought of mine is the following: the ancient Greek verb "tartarizo," meaning "to shiver of cold" (which survives in contemporary Greek as "tourtourizo") if very likely an *onomatopoeia* describing the sensation of shivering from cold.
However it is unclear to me if "tartarizo" gave its name to "Tartaros" or vv.
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Pavlos have it right.
Pavlos already gave the correct etymology of Tartaros, from the verb "tartarizo". Furthermore, the verb "tartarizo" (meaning "to shiver of cold") is sound formatted, imitating the rattling sound (tartartartartar) that the teeth make when they hit each other in ones mouth when he is shivering of cold.
Consequently, the verb "tartarizo" gave the name Tartaros, a perfect name for a Greek mythology character that is the personification of the shaky cold abyss.
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "ALEXANDROS", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
Pavlos already gave the correct etymology of Tartaros, from the verb "tartarizo". Furthermore, the verb "tartarizo" (meaning "to shiver of cold") is sound formatted, imitating the rattling sound (tartartartartar) that the teeth make when they hit each other in ones mouth when he is shivering of cold.
Consequently, the verb "tartarizo" gave the name Tartaros, a perfect name for a Greek mythology character that is the personification of the shaky cold abyss.
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "ALEXANDROS", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
This message was edited 5/12/2006, 10:07 AM
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