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  • From: Sheila McGinn <smcginn AT jcu.edu>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: slave names in Rom 16
  • Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 10:04:56 -0500


Carlton Winbery wrote:

> I wonder if a name like TERTIOS, since it is basically an ordinal number
> from the Latin, is more likely to be the name of a slave?

I doubt this would be the case, since feminine names like Tertia and Quinta
are known
among the aristocracy. They only refer to birth order within the family. SEM
--
Sheila E. McGinn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biblical Studies & Early Christianity
John Carroll University





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