The Logical Language Group Online Dictionary Query

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2 definitions found

From Lojban to Swedish :


        Word: fertis [jbovlaste]
        Type: cmevla
  Gloss Word: Jungfrun in the sense of "stjärnbild/stjärntecken"
  Definition: x1 är Jungfrun (stjärnbild/stjärntecken).
       Notes: Från ferti. Grekerna och romarna associerade Jungfrun med
       deras vetegudinna, Demeter-Ceres som är moder till
       Proserpina-Persephone. Därför blev stjärnbilden associerad med
       fruktbarhet (i både Babylonien, Grekland och Rom). Alternativt
       så var hon ibland känd som jungfrugudinnan Iustitia eller
       Astraea, som håller rättvisans våg i sin hand. Eftersom ferti
       på lojban täcker såväl potentiell som faktisk/förverkligad
       fertilitet, så har den ursprungliga betydelsen blivit vald, men
       kan förmodligen ändå tolka namnet på båda sätten (som en
       fruktbarhetsgudom eller som en fertil jungfru).


From Lojban to English :


        Word: fertis [jbovlaste]
        Type: cmevla
  Gloss Word: Virgo in the sense of "constellation/astrology"
  Definition: x1 is Virgo [constellation/astrological sign].
       Notes: From ferti. The Greeks and Romans associated Virgo with their
       goddess of wheat, Demeter-Ceres who is the mother of
       Proserpina-Persephone. For this reason the constellation became
       associated with fertility (in both Babylonia, Greece and Rome).
       Alternatively, she was sometimes identified as the virgin
       goddess Iustitia or Astraea, holding the scales of justice in
       her hand as the constellation Libra. Since ferti in lojban
       covers both potential and actual/realized fertility, the
       original meaning of the constellation have been chosen, but you
       could probably still interpret the name in both senses (as a
       deity of fecundity or as a fertile virgin).






    
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