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GENTE SILVIA * ALBANORUM * Exercjtium Academicum , Qυod ^Lfprobante Amplißimo Collegio Philofiph ζ%· 11 Ε c 'g jtl D. D. De Prisca fr, GENTE SILVIA * ALBANORUM * Exercjtium Academicum , Qυod ^lfprobante Amplißimo Collegio Philofiph. in Regia ad Salam Academia " & Moderα ντε Cl.ΓΙ »Ν. JOHANNE Α. BELLMAN Eloqu. Prof. Regio , χ¬ Ad ι <* publicum Examen modefie defert Alumnus Regius AMDREAS S. SILVIUS W-Gothus f dudit. Guß, ntA-j, ad d. if, Nevemb, 170/. boris ante meridiem folitis, UP SAL ΙΛΕ, L#S·- Rcvmndisßmo in CHRISTO PATRI ac DOMINO, DN.JESPERO S.Si*U)OCTORI ce- i kberrimo, inclutae Diocceieos Scarenfis EPISCOPO eminentiflimo, Coniiftorii PRiESIDI graviflimo, nec nonRegii ibidem Gymnafii EPHORO adcura- tiflimo, MEEGENATI ΜΑΧΙΜΟ, Summe Reverendo atj^ Amplisßmo Dn. j OHA Ν ΝI fei S. Theol. DOCTORI & PROFESSOR! Celeberrimo, Eccleiias Vakfalenfis ANTISTITI vicinarumqueEcclefiarum PRiE- Ρ05ΊΤ0 adcuratiffimo, PATRONO & NUTR1TIO fuo benigniffimo. Maxime Reverendo ata; Praclariffimo VIRO, Mag. Μ A G Ν Ο ®.9te.©5B<?9t0/ Dioecefeos Scareniis Praepofito Cathedralimerkißimo, Synedrii Ec- cleiiaflici Adfeilori primo, Prascepto- ri ut oli-m optimo, ita nunc Pro¬ motori certiffimo. Plurimum Reverendo Dn. Ε L I ΪΕ Eccleiiarum Ran- ilori vigilantiffimo, fimo, multis- co- UNIVEK- Salutis fux, fecundum DEUM 3Pra> Hos quantidosctinque ftudiorum fruftus venerationis & obfequii offert & inß- hemgnejoven- Admoäum Rererendk Ckrijfhmsqiie Dominis MAG1STRIS, S. Theol.ut & PhiloC LECTORIBU S in Regio Gymnaiio Scarenii, Conii- ilorii ibidem Adiefloribus, partim-, Precceptoribus olim, partim etiairu Adflnibus & Promotoribus fuls fernper venerandis, atque Clari/ßmo VI R O m 3 D? © <$ / gedahlenuum Pa- Adfini fuo carif- que nominibus lendo. SIS autcm fidibus ac Fautoribus Maximis , primigenios ,ut pignus devotisfimi cultus% wul fefiiasqtie fortums gratiofe &* das commendai AND. SILVIUS A. Si R· Ια Ooctisfimum Juvenem , Dα ANDREAM SILVIUM, De SILVIIS, Gente apud Latinos regnatrice, Eiudiré diipurantem. SISILVIOSpenet prifeos hodie Latinum ejfet regimen j fuarum > Credo, praconi pretiofa laudum bona referrent. f adoptarent fibi Te potentes SILVIIf SILVI, vel honore magno Tollerent} docié quia nunc Eorum Fall·a recenfes. Forfan at ftebl/u aliud? diferta Coptam lingva cupis & politum Artibus pcftus, calamumque doffum Trader e luci ? Fuge! laudatio operare cccptis ! Teque non fallent Tua vota-, SILVI; Dign/u in magnum penetrabis olim Culmen honoris. Gratulatundus Iufi \ å. 0. Rhyzelius. B. V. Caput Vrimum. Philologicumt Uoniam mihi pro- pofitum eft., de prifca gente SILVIA Alba- norum agere , ftatim ad originationem no- minis SILVI1 nendam expo- accedo. A Silva primum-» SILVIUM Afcanii fratremfuiiTe didlum, omnibus, quotquot de eo in fcripferunt, confeiTo eil. CauiTam hujus deno- minationis adne&unt Scriptores, quod fama (it, eum in filva editum, & a pa- ftoribus fuiiTe edwcatum. Nam Lavinia, ttxor Ainea: altera, Latini regis filia, A &poft *4 &[ poft obitum mariti gravida relifta > < cum a^imperium eve&us eiTet Afca- niusT" ne' quod novercas nomen fibj crearet malum, ut habet DionyiiusHar licarnaiT. Igitur in filvam ipfa proFu- git,ad magiitrum patrii pecoris Tyr- rhum, qui, tugurip in nernore exftru- &o, eam ceu vulgarem habuit mulie- remjne ab iis, quibus forte notaerat, agnofceretur: Itaque ibidem puerum enixa eil & educayit, educatumquc a loci conditione StlviuM' nuncupavit. Graeci Hylaeum dicerent ex interpre- tatione Dionyfii. 1 ( Qqaeri autem fölet; utrum vox Silva (libentius en im primitivo utor quam., derivato , cum res e.odcm recidat) rc- dius per Y an per 1 fcribatur ? Qui cum Y fcribendam eflfe contendunt, patrocinium fuae fententis: qua^runt in derivatione Graeca, exiftimantes Silva vocabulum originem iuam debere vo- ci ϋλη. Quac vox, quid iignificet, ita expofuit Servius: Ύλη, inquit, eft fex omnium elementorum > h. C. igvis [ordidior & acry itcm aqua Z!) terra ferdidiora, un- de cunüa procreantur ; & quam Graci νλην, Latini materiem fippellarunt. Qua- propter { propter hoc nomine etiani infigniri fo- I let materia prima apudPhyficos. Hinc å Theologis quoque materia ahaptica, cujus mentio fit v.l. Genefe&>s nuncu- pari ivevit υλϊ) άφορμος ex Sap. Xl.18. Praetcrea hxc vox, quas in Ν. T. non nifi femel occurrit Jacobi III. f. ubique apud interpretes per mate- riam vertitur. Sed hoc ex incidcnti. In difta voce volunt hujus fententiae fautores, fpiritum afperum ino- muta- tum, & υ interpofitum eile; quemad- modum ex aliis cjufcemodi derivatis i- dem evincerc conatur Pafor, in fuo Oriomaftico nominum propriprum ad. nomen Silvani, itemque ad vocem np- minatam. Hinc eft, quod in edd. yett« tantum non omnibus, nomen Silva per y fit impreiFum. Verum quam lubrico nitatur funda- mento talis« interpunftio, non p.otcft non vel fugitivo oculo conftare 5 & fuiit ctiam alia, quae revo.cant, quo mi¬ nus huic iententi<e accedere liceat. Sed antequam ingrediar ad explicandas ra- tiones fententiae iubet nonnulla, qua? lingvam Romanam in communi f \ fpedant., addu.cere. Equidemnonne- A ι gave- gaverim fingvam Latialem \ qtTalerru nunc habcmus , partim ex Latio partim ex Graecia oriundam eile 9 ita ut ex hac mixtura ad nos dcvene- rit. In promtu cauila eil, quod Grae- ca legebantur in omnibus gentibus> teile Cicer. harum literarum vindico acparente^ inoratione pro Archiapoe- ta} idque propter vi&ricia arma Ale- xandri Magni, quae per totum fere ter- rarum orbem circumtulerat. Invale- fccnte igtiur hac lingva, non potuit quin ex ea aliae commifcerentur lin- gvae. id quod ex noftra vernacula fa- tis fuperque declarari poteft; quippo cui Germanica non modo, Ted & He- braea, Graeca, Latina, & nefcio quae non, maxime autem Gallica , propter frc- quentia Gallorum commercia immifce- ri folent, & multa ufu ita invalefcere, ut feniim pro pure Svecanis habean- tur. Immo etiam voces hybridas, h. e. ex duabus lingvis compofitas, quam- vis pauciores, obfcrvare licet. Idem huic lingvae Latiali inprimis contigit: Ideoque fadlum eil, ut multae voces ex Graeca lingva in Romanam fint trans- latae 9 multae etiam ex ufu ita civitate^ Latina Lanna donatae, ut non amplius pere- grinae, barbarae & fappofititiae, Ted gc- nuinae & in Latio natae habcantur. Ha· rum quibujdam ccrta & indubia ori- go Graeca dudum vindicata cft, quaedam autem ad.mc in dubium vocari folcnt, utrum Graecs an Latinac fint originis 5 inque iis //Weile confvevit. Scdcum videar mihi cauiTas habere non contc- mnendas , quibus natalibus fais, indu- bitato reftitui poifit ac debcat hacc vox: non poiTum, falvis tarnen aliorum ju- ,diciis, quin ea heic exponam. Et ut j>rimura recurram ad derivationeuL·» Graccam, ubi cum primitivum nequic- quam quaeratur , derivata refutationi meae inferviant oportet Quantam vero abfurditatcm gigneret,fi vocem aliquam ab hac vel illa deduceremus lingua^, quum tarnen talis dedu$:io in iftius lin- gvae· vifccribus locum non invcnirct ? Sic videmus apud Plutarchum matrem Romuli non ΣυλυΪΜ fed Σιλυίχν ap- pellari. Quid? quod in facris litcris Ν. T. iGor.I. 19· iTheiT.I. i.iTheiTl. τ. iPet. V. ι z, vox huic adfinis Σίλνοίνος siIva- nus non Συλυζνος Sybanus fcribatur- Tantum itaquc abeft, ut haec derivativ Α ι pr® 6 pro genuina agno<ci poflit, ut abipfa ι ffalfö creditå ) lingva fua deftruatur 5 atque conculcetur. Sed ut firmiori etiam talo noftra ftet fententia , fi veterum monumcnta fcru- tamur, deprchendimus ea, Manutio, •Ciacconio, Daufquejo, aliisque tefti- bus, perpetuo nobis patrocinari, & Sil· vocem per I fempcr expreflam ha¬ lbere. Pariter SilvAni , frequens in.^ infcr'iptionibus, nomen nun quam nlfi cum I legi teftatur Cellarius in fua_, örthographia Lätinå, Exiis, quae di- dä'funt> exiftimo patere, quid in fcri- \ ptione & derivatione hujtis vocis ie- quendum fit. Nam fi vel maximé ur- geatur dida originatio Gr<eca,quå nihil "tarnen eft incertius, quamq; ipfa lingva refpuere videtur: tarnen non originis conjedura , fed antiquitatis ufus per o- mnia fibi coformis praeponderare debet. An vero Silva fit vox Latii primigc- nia> an a filcndo, vel alia aliqua voco prögriata , non magnopere laboro. Tantum hifce rationibus iubnixus au- fim contendere, Stb# vocem non mo¬ do per I redius fcribi, fed & vocerru pure Latinam efle 3 & vi derivationis -v; etiam / ctiam S'ibsnum -noraen, qüod exindo * fluit, candcm originationem & fcri- ptioncm merito fibi viridicare. Nam iicuti hic primus apudAIbanos SILVIUS nomen räum ex Ä duxitj ita exiili- maverimomnes, quotquot SILV II no¬ mine veniunt, eandem fui nomiftis o- riginationem agnofcere. Nafcitur autcm heic commoda fatis occafiodiilerehidi de rationc nominum apud Albanos Romanosqne , qua qui- dem in re dirhcili fåne & fubobfcura? longior aliquanto eiTem , niii mc brevi- tatis admonerct inftituti ratio- Verbo f igitur, quantum mihi hac dc re rnnötfe- fcere potuit, indicabo.Trojani ATbäftiq; primu uno ufifüere nomine,uLENEAs, ASCANIUS, SILVIUS; deiride hi & Ko¬ rum progenies Romani.gaviii funt duo- bus Ε C.iÉNEAS SILVIUS, ROMULUS SILVIUS,NUMAPOMPILIUS,pariter- que omnes & Albani reges & Romani. Porro tribus.deleclati funt,e. g. LUCIUS FURNIUSBRUTUS, MARCUS TULr LltjS CICERO. Alii quatuor , CAJ US JULIUS CAESAR STRABO; Imo noh- nullis tribuuntur etiam nomina, quiqq j, ut PÜBLIUS CORNELIUS SCIPIO A- 1 ' A4 PRI- 8 FRICANUS JEMILIANUS. Jam ν.'ρπ- ir.um obfervamus nomen accipi vcl gencraliter,quando ömnium nominum genera fuo continetcomplexu j vel fpe- cialiter & diftinde, ficquc aliud eil prae- nomen, aliud nomen, aliud cognomen, quibus deniqj additnr agnomen. Omnia vcro funt ex impofitione humana. Sic in exemplis allatis, pr*nomwa funt Ro- mulus, Marcus, Cajus , Publius j quac nomina alias dicuntur prima feu pro* pria, pueris in diebus luftricis
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