Disputatio:Mentula
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Pars Linguae Germanicae delevit--Massimo Macconi 18:23, 4 Decembris 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article be titled "Penis"? Isn't "mentula" more of a slang word (especially since it appears mostly in Catullus and Martial)? Also, "penis" is used throughout the article, yet it is called "Mentula". I think "Mentula" should redirect to "Penis". - Secundus Zephyrus 05:35, 8 Februarii 2007 (UTC)
- Penis was at first a euphemism (glosses mention that it originally meant "tail"), and mentula was, if I'm not mistaken, used by some medical writers even, who of course wanted to call things by their proper names. Mentula is really more rude than slang. Buuuuut, yeah, if I were writing this article, I would have gone with penis. --Iustinus 06:18, 8 Februarii 2007 (UTC)