Events

Upcoming events

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  • Tue
    28
    Oct
    2025

    Duccio Guasti (Ghent University) - "Greek kēlōn "stallion": etymology and original meaning"

    11:00 amFaculteitszaal

    Abstract: In this paper, after rejecting all proposed etymologies, I reconstruct the Greek κήλων, a word that can refer both to stallion donkeys and to hypersexual men, as a formation in-ων from κήλη "hernia, swelling, tumor."

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Past events

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  • Fri
    12
    Mar
    2021

    André Kött (UGent): Learning (im)polite forms of address through Early Modern dialogue books

    3:00 pmMS-Teams

    André Kött (UGent): “Learning (im)polite forms of address through Early Modern dialogue books”

     

    De vergadering zal via MS-Teams plaatsvinden: link te vinden in nieuwsbrief

    Externen kunnen deelnemen door een e-mail te sturen aan dialing@ugent.be.

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