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'The day of the murder, Josce breakfasted (gentaculavit) at Olympias’s home. The jurors skirted around the issue of why Josce was present in Olympias’s domicile

'The day of the murder, Josce breakfasted (gentaculavit) at Olympias’s home. The jurors skirted around the issue of why Josce was present in Olympias’s domicile at such an early hour. One cannot help but speculate whether the “abominable mixing” which seems to have kept Pope Innocent III up at night dreaming of ways to prevent inter-religious coitus, may have been to blame.[11] Apparently, discord broke out between Josce and Olympias before they had even finished their breakfast. Josce then withdrew, and was immediately killed, although the record does not disclose the identities of the perpetrators'. The murder appears to have been a crime of passion, not uncommon in that era?

mannykannot 7y ago
The question of prostitution is not explicitly mentioned in the article, but as far as I can tell from it, the dispute could equally have been over payment for services rendered.
bdowling 7y ago
Two men were also accused of Josce’s murder. The author opines that those two may have killed Josce after being enraged at seeing an affluent Jewish man sleeping around with a Christian woman.
genieyclo 7y ago
What is the Latin root of this word "gentaculavit"?
- bdowling 7y ago
  It appears to be related to ientaculum, meaning breakfast. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ientaculum#Latin https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ientaculum#Latin
- stevula 7y ago
  The form gentaculavit implies it’s a 3rd person singular perfect indicative of a regular 1st conjugation Late Latin verb gentaculare “to eat breakfast”. Knowing that, it’s clearly derived from this Late Latin noun: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jentaculum#Latin https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jentaculum#Latin From Wiktionary: gentaculum “breakfast” (alternate spelling of ientaculum/jentaculum). That form ultimately comes from the adjective ieiunus (alternate spelling jejunus) “fasting”. The adjective is a standard word in Classical Latin, but the noun and verb above are not. They are probably later developments or Vulgar Latin (spoken by the common people) that was not preserved in Classical texts. The standard word for breakfast in Classical Latin would be prandium.

mannykannot 7y ago

The question of prostitution is not explicitly mentioned in the article, but as far as I can tell from it, the dispute could equally have been over payment for services rendered.

bdowling 7y ago

Two men were also accused of Josce’s murder. The author opines that those two may have killed Josce after being enraged at seeing an affluent Jewish man sleeping around with a Christian woman.

genieyclo 7y ago

What is the Latin root of this word "gentaculavit"?

bdowling 7y ago
It appears to be related to ientaculum, meaning breakfast. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ientaculum#Latin https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ientaculum#Latin
stevula 7y ago
The form gentaculavit implies it’s a 3rd person singular perfect indicative of a regular 1st conjugation Late Latin verb gentaculare “to eat breakfast”. Knowing that, it’s clearly derived from this Late Latin noun: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jentaculum#Latin https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jentaculum#Latin From Wiktionary: gentaculum “breakfast” (alternate spelling of ientaculum/jentaculum). That form ultimately comes from the adjective ieiunus (alternate spelling jejunus) “fasting”. The adjective is a standard word in Classical Latin, but the noun and verb above are not. They are probably later developments or Vulgar Latin (spoken by the common people) that was not preserved in Classical texts. The standard word for breakfast in Classical Latin would be prandium.