• jabathekek
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    10 months ago

    I don’t think they had naming conventions back in the day.

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        10 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.

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        10 months ago

        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.