Say a man named Joseph "You're a womanizer" does not entail the risk of be told that his name is another. All are capable of understanding that we wanted to give a great admirer and seducer of women, the same if we say "It 's a casanova.
Both are examples of proper names become common nouns: the first from the Juan Tenorio of Burlador de Sevilla by Tirso de Molina, the second from the more our Gian Giacomo Casanova, Venetian scholar venturing. Since we are in Italy
Mr. Joseph might even feel flattered but what if we said to a lady "She's a hag? In this case there is doubt that it would feel offended because that name means a woman is ugly, vicious, treacherous and quarrelsome character as the Hag of the three Furies, terrible monsters mythical snake-haired winger poisonous, ruthless crimes of persecuting against 'family hierarchy.
Fortunately, not all names are a silver lining, some of which were originally people end up simply to indicate an object, for example, the ever classic short coat with frogs, found in many closets, which owes its name to the equivalent English Marshal BL Montgomery, who shall widespread use during World War II. He must have had a double
Marshal? We do not know but it is certain that the noun is derived from the double servo (deadly) to which Mercury (immortal) was substituted to help Jupiter (who was God, we are certain) to have the wife of Amphitryon homonymous play by Plautus ( probably 206 BC) and Moliere (1668). With this we are indebted for the meaning of the host that we use to contact a guest of the very generous.
knowing how to source, however, it risks losing the pleasure to hear it, so we decided to stop here and pass the word to anyone of you would want to go in search of "characters" that are behind some common names, it compiled a short list, Have fun.
Harpy, atlas, shyster, Cerberus, cicerone, Croesus; maze; Hercules Judah strongman, Methuselah, patron, mentor, perpetual, Pygmalion; Stradivarius .........
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