hey #medievaltwitter does anyone have any idea how early latin 'vagina' could function as an anatomical double entendre? etymology dictionaries have its entry into medical english as 1680 but that's not entirely helpful
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Replying to @HalstedMedieval
Here you go, according to this, fairly early: https://logeion.uchicago.edu/vagina
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @HalstedMedieval
Although the usage is classical, and the medieval sources indicate it wasn't used as a double entendre but I would not be surprised if they were missing some sources there.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Yeah, I saw that -- was hopeful someone would have written on something a bit more medieval. I'm not sure how familiar Plautus would've been to your average eleventh-century bishop!
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Replying to @HalstedMedieval @AdmiralHip
Though I suppose it is a somewhat obvious metaphor that one could have come up with independently.
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Replying to @HalstedMedieval
Hmmm, it’s a good question.
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