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English translation: apotropaic


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Spanish term or phrase:apotropaico
English translation:apotropaic
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11:54 Jun 8, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Archaeology / Excavation of tombs in Southern Spain
Spanish term or phrase: apotropaico
A su vez, la palma como símbolo de la Victoria acentúa esta idea y confiere al anillo un claro carácter apotropaico. Este tipo de joyas estaba muy extendido en todos los grupos sociales del Imperio.
peterinmadrid
Local time: 21:04
apotropaic
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Dolores Vázquez
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Thanks again, Dolores.
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4 +4apotropaicDolores Vázquez
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Alessandro Zocchi


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
apotropaic


Explanation:
OK


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotrope
Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Thanks again, Dolores.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alessandro Zocchi: think we crossed, Dolores! um bom dia. Ale
2 mins
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agree  Fabio Descalzi
4 mins
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agree  cristina estanislau
9 mins
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agree  Jim Tucker: yes this is used
32 mins
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agree  R-i-c-h-a-r-d
1 hr
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
apotropaic


Explanation:
this means that it is a device which keeps the evil far from the user. Greek ethymology: apotròpaios < apo (someone) + trépein (to keep far).

Um bom dia

Ale

Alessandro Zocchi
Italy
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of: Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jim Tucker: apo = "away" ; "trepein" = "turn" // it's wrong. (and that should be "sub voce")
31 mins
  -> Thanks: I just translated it from my Italian ethymological dictionary Cortelazzo - Zolli, Zanichelli, 1999. Sub voce "apotropaico" (Zan 1999:115)
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