Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term
Pole
I would like to find out what "Pole" means in this context (please don't say it DOES really mean pole!). It is from a rather flowery text on the etymology, etc, of particular German words. The sentence is:
"Die Pole dieses Bedeutungsspektrums [vom Wort "Gewalt"] werden in der lateinischen politischen Sprache mit 'potestas' (Macht- und Herrschaftsbeziehungen) und 'volentia' (Gewaltsamkeit) markiert".
I haven't found any other meaning for this, apart from 'pole'. I'm guessing that it must mean an influence/basis of some sort, or just that. So far I have:
The influence of this range of meaning is marked out in the political Latin language with 'potestas' (Macht- und Herrschaftsbeziehungen - power relations) and violentia (Gewaltsamkeit – violence).
TIA!
3 +5 | opposing poles | Rebecca Garber |
3 | crux | Stephen Sadie |
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