On the Nobility and Excellence of the Female Sex

ON THE NOBILITY AND PREEMINENCE

...[the] name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. original: "ut in nomine Iesu omne genu flectatur..." This is a quotation from the Book of Philippians 2:9–10, illustrating the spiritual power inherent in a name. Add to this the considerable force of both laws The "both laws" (utriusque iuris) refers to Civil (Roman) Law and Canon (Church) Law. regarding the obligations of words: in the meanings of words, in conditions and demonstrations, in attached conditions, and in discussions of that kind, and contained in the chapters of laws, as can be gathered in those very titles and others similar to them in both laws. 16. q. 1. sicupis. 23. q. 1. pudenda. de pe. d. iij penitentia. ff. de verb. sig. l. tugurij. 29. q. 1. in pri. Code: de epi. & cle. l. decernim⁹. Code: de offi. praef. urb. l. i. de desp. ipub. puberes de prebẽd. cũ secũdũ. de ele. fũdamẽta. §. pinde li. vi. 12. q. 1. clericus qui. 21. d. c. cleros ff. ad le. aquil. ita vulnerat⁹. For thus in law we argue from the interpretation of a name. Likewise from the force of a word and a term. Furthermore, from the etymology of a name and from the reason for a name, and from the order of words. For the laws themselves consider the meanings of names quite diligently, so as to interpret something from them.

Cyprian Agrippa refers to a work traditionally attributed to St. Cyprian of Carthage, though now often assigned to a "Pseudo-Cyprian." also argues against the Jews that the first man obtained his name from the four corners of the world, namely East, West, North, and South original: "ἀνατολή δύσισ ἄρκτοσ μεσημβρία" (Anatole, Dysis, Arktos, Mesembria). In Greek, the first letters of these four directions—Alpha, Delta, Alpha, Mu—spell "ADAM.". And in the same book, he interprets that same name, Adam, because "earth was made flesh," Cyprian, On Mounts Sinai and Sion. although such an exposition differs from the tradition of Moses, since among the Hebrews it is written not with four letters but with three. In Hebrew, the name Adam (אדם) consists of three letters: Aleph, Dalet, and Mem. The Greek etymology Agrippa mentions only works in the Greek language. Yet this exposition is not to be blamed in such a holy man, who did not learn the Hebrew language, which many saints and expositors of Sacred Scripture were ignorant of without much fault. But if I am not granted a similar license of patience, so that I may be allowed at my discretion to fashion a pariform meaning "similar in form" or "analogous." etymology in praise of the name of Eve for the female sex, at least permit me to say this one thing—