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minus-squarejabathekeklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoI don’t think they had naming conventions back in the day.
minus-squareWxnzxn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoThank you, you made my brain go down a rabbithole.
minus-squarejabathekeklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months ago:O Thanks so much for the link! I was only remembering Beowulf’s dog which (IIRC) was only ever referred to as a war-dog.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoMy dad got the “cave canem” dog mosaic as a coaster when he visited Pompeii. He also put a “cave canem” sign above the dog house, which made most of the people walking by think his name was Cave. People don’t know much Latin even in college towns.
I don’t think they had naming conventions back in the day.
Thank you, you made my brain go down a rabbithole.
:O Thanks so much for the link! I was only remembering Beowulf’s dog which (IIRC) was only ever referred to as a war-dog.
My dad got the “cave canem” dog mosaic as a coaster when he visited Pompeii. He also put a “cave canem” sign above the dog house, which made most of the people walking by think his name was Cave.
People don’t know much Latin even in college towns.